Montgomery in Montgomery County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
High Red Bluff
(Chunnanugga Chatty in Creek Indian Language)
Photographed By Anita C. Nyambo, July 3, 2010
1. High Red Bluff Marker
Inscription.
High Red Bluff. (Chunnanugga Chatty in Creek Indian Language). Also called Hostile Bluff or Thirteen Mile Bluff, this spot located in a deep bend of the Alabama River was once the key to the Southeast and a strategic point in Colonial days. The first steamboat, the Harriet, arrived at this point in 1821, and the first railroad came in 1880, making Montgomery a transportation hub for people and commerce. When cotton was king, millions of bales were shipped from the wharf here by steam boat to Mobile and thence to the mills of England. The tunnel under the railroad tracks was built in 1879 so that horse-drawn wagons of cotton could be brought to the wharf without crossing the tracks.
Also called Hostile Bluff or Thirteen Mile Bluff, this spot located in a deep bend of the Alabama River was once the key to the Southeast and a strategic point in Colonial days. The first steamboat, the Harriet, arrived at this point in 1821, and the first railroad came in 1880, making Montgomery a transportation hub for people and commerce. When cotton was king, millions of bales were shipped from the wharf here by steam boat to Mobile and thence to the mills of England. The tunnel under the railroad tracks was built in 1879 so that horse-drawn wagons of cotton could be brought to the wharf without crossing the tracks.
Erected 1989 by The Society of Pioneers of Montgomery on the 170th Anniversary of the Incorporation of the City of Montgomery.
Location. 32° 22.926′ N, 86° 18.795′ W. Marker is in Montgomery, Alabama, in Montgomery County. Marker can be reached from the intersection of Riverfront Park and Water Street. Marker has been moved to bluff near the silos. Coordinates have been updated. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Montgomery AL 36104, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking
The Riverboat Harriott II is seen in the background
Credits. This page was last revised on May 31, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 27, 2010, by Dodson M. Curry of Birmingham, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,840 times since then and 59 times this year. Last updated on July 25, 2015, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana. Photos:1. submitted on August 27, 2010, by Dodson M. Curry of Birmingham, Alabama. 2. submitted on May 31, 2023, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 3. submitted on August 27, 2010, by Dodson M. Curry of Birmingham, Alabama. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
