Troy in Pike County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
The Great Pensacola Trading Path
Photographed by David J Gaines, April 23, 2016
1. The Great Pensacola Trading Path Marker
Inscription.
The Great Pensacola Trading Path. . In the early 1800s, south Alabama was still inhabited by many groups of Native Americans: Creek, Chickasaw, and Choctaw among others. They traveled, hunted, traded, and made war on the many ancient trails here. European settlers improved these roads which included The Mobile and Hobuckintopa Trail, Old Wolf Path, Blind Jack, Three Notch Road, and The Great Pensacola Trading Path which ran from Tuckabatchie to Pensacola, FL. In 1824, troops under Capt. Daniel E. Burch improved a section of these paths through Troy, known as Three Notch, as part of the Great Pensacola Trading Path.
In the early 1800s, south Alabama was still inhabited by many groups of Native Americans: Creek, Chickasaw, and Choctaw among others. They traveled, hunted, traded, and made war on the many ancient trails here. European settlers improved these roads which included The Mobile and Hobuckintopa Trail, Old Wolf Path, Blind Jack, Three Notch Road, and The Great Pensacola Trading Path which ran from Tuckabatchie to Pensacola, FL. In 1824, troops under Capt. Daniel E. Burch improved a section of these paths through Troy, known as Three Notch, as part of the Great Pensacola Trading Path.
Erected by Alabama State Society and the National Daughters of the American Colonists.
Location. 31° 49.49′ N, 85° 59.773′ W. Marker is in Troy, Alabama, in Pike County. It is on U.S. 231 0.3 miles north of Monticello Drive, on the left when traveling north. The marker is located north of the main building of the Pioneer Museum of Alabama. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 248 Highway 231 N, Troy AL 36081, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, in the Black Belt, and in the Wiregrass. 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 the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
2. Marker at Pioneer Museum of Alabama (arrow on right).
Credits. This page was last revised on March 7, 2021. It was originally submitted on June 21, 2016, by David J Gaines of Pinson, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,208 times since then and 81 times this year. Photos:1. submitted on June 21, 2016, by David J Gaines of Pinson, Alabama. 2. submitted on March 7, 2021, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
