Fort Cusseta

Following the signing of the Creek Treaty in 1832, early white settlers constructed a 16 by 30 foot hand hewn log fort for protection against a possible Indian uprising from Cussetaw Indian Village on Osanippa Creek just north of here. The walls of the fort were 4 and 6 feet high, with portholes at a height of 4 feet, still visible after 140 years. It was the last known fort of its kind in the Southeast.

Cusseta, Alabama · United States