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Britain, including the fort. Britain was forced to abandon the fort soon after be-
cause the Creek Indians, loyal to the French, wouldn't let them man it. Eventually
the fort fell into disrepair and was reclaimed by nature.
In 1776 Botanist to the Queen William Bartram explored this area. After find-
ing the ruins of the fort and seeing rich land and its proximity to the rivers, he
wrote in his journals that the area was the “most eligible situation in the world for
a city.”
A single log cabin is all that remains of the original Fort Toulouse from the mid-1700s.
During the War of 1812 after the battle of Horseshoe Bend, General Andrew
Jackson came to this same location and established an earthen fort. He later began
a campaign here against the British and Spanish armies, which culminated in the
Battle of New Orleans in 1815.
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