New Hope in Madison County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Fort Deposit Trail

Photographed by Lugnuts, November 21, 2018

1. Fort Deposit Trail Marker

Inscription. October, 1813, the Creek Civil War was threatening settlers in the Mississippi Territory. Governor William Blount of Tennessee called up 5,000 volunteers to protect the white population. Andre Jackson's soldiers followed a path through the Cherokee hunting ground to reach Fort Deposit at the mouth to Thompson's Creek on the Tennessee River. Fort Deposit Trail became the Old Gurley Pike and Main Drive in downtown New Hope. Many veterans of the War of 1812 followed the overland route to homestead the area.

Erected 2012 by New Hope Historical Association.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: War of 1812 • Wars, US Indian. A significant historical month for this entry is October 1813.

Location. 34° 32.193′ N, 86° 23.652′ W. Marker is in New Hope, Alabama, in Madison County. It is on Main Street south of Washington Avenue, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: New Hope AL 35760, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Alabama

and in the Huntsville Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American South,

specifically

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in the Deep South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Vienna (New Hope) (a few steps from this marker); New Hope Cemetery / Town of New Hope (approx. 0.3 miles away); Walnut Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church (approx. 1.6 miles away); Hayden Cemetery (approx. 2.7 miles away); Site of 1954 Crash of Air Force Cargo Plane (approx. 2.9 miles away); Poplar Ridge School (approx. 3.9 miles away); Whitaker Cemetery (approx. 4.2 miles away); Bethel Cemetery (approx. 5.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in New Hope.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, February 6, 2022

2. Fort Deposit Trail Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 9, 2022. It was originally submitted on December 19, 2018, by Lugnuts of Germantown, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 1,427 times since then and 71 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on December 19, 2018, by Lugnuts of Germantown, Wisconsin. 2. submitted on February 7, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.