Moulton in Lawrence County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Warrior Mountains

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, October 30, 2010

1. Warrior Mountains Marker

Inscription. This area was the home to Indians, settlers, people of mixed ancestry and their descendants. Local bluff shelters contain evidence of occupation from Paleo Indian (10,000 BC) through the Mississippian Period (1540 AD). Chief Tuscaloosa (Black Warrior), mentioned by Desoto (1540), was a noted Creek Indian leader. A 1733 map identified the southern drainage from these mountains as the Tuscaloosa River. The first known written occurrence of "Warrior Mountains" was made by rifle maker John Bull (1777-1840), who engraved one of his rifles "David Smith, Warrior Mountains - 1829" According to family tradition, James Havens (Smith's father-in-law) said, "bury me by my Indian friends on the side of the Warrior Mountains where the magnolia blooms in the spring” (possibly Indian Tomb Hollow). James E. Saunders’ 1899 book refers to the southern highlands of Lawrence County as the Warrior Mountains. On 15 Jun 1936, Pres. Roosevelt changed the name to the Black Warrior Forest, and on 17 Jun 1942, Congress changed the name to William B. Bankhead National Forest. The Black Warrior Wildlife Management Area, Sipsey Wilderness (1975)

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and Sipsey Wild and Scenic Rivers are found here.

Erected by Lawrence County Historical Commission Inc.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical date for this entry is June 15, 1936.

Location. 34° 20.712′ N, 87° 20.358′ W. Marker is in Moulton, Alabama, in Lawrence County. It is on County Route 33. Located at the Bankhead National Forest-Central Firetower and North Alabama Birding Trail site 14. Marker is at entrance. Directions: From the intersection of AL Hwy 24 and AL Hwy 33 in Moulton, head south on Hwy 33 for 11.4 miles into Bankhead National Forest. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Moulton AL 35650, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Alabama.

It is also in the American South,

specifically 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 territory of

Black Warrior Work Center ~Bankhead National Forest image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, October 30, 2010

2. Black Warrior Work Center ~Bankhead National Forest

the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Birds of North Alabama (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Explore the Forest (about 400 feet away); A Significant Forest (about 400 feet away); Pine Torch Church (approx. 2.8 miles away); High Town Path (approx. 5 miles away); Cheatham Road (approx. 5½ miles away); Youngtown Community (approx. 5.8 miles away); General Leroy Pope Walker (approx. 9.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Moulton.

Warrior Mountains Marker-nearby Firetower image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, October 30, 2010

3. Warrior Mountains Marker-nearby Firetower

Explore the Forest~ You are here image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, October 30, 2010

4. Explore the Forest~ You are here

Photographed by Jimmy Emerson, May 10, 2026

5. Warrior Mountains Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on May 11, 2026. It was originally submitted on November 1, 2010, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. This page has been viewed 4,203 times since then and 234 times this year. Last updated on June 12, 2015, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 1, 2010, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. 5. submitted on May 10, 2026, by Jimmy Emerson of Dalton, Georgia. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.