Fort Toulouse: The French Outpost at the Alabamas on the Coosa

by Daniel H. Thomas and Gregory A. Thomas

Situated at the head of the Alabama River system--at the juncture of the Coosa and Tallapoosa rivers--Fort Toulouse in 1717 was planned to keep the local Indians neutral, if not loyal, to the French and contain the British in their southernmost Atlantic colonies. Unlike the usual frontier settlements, Fort Toulouse was both a diplomatic post, since its officers acted as resident ministers, and a military post. Because it was located in a friendly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817304215
• ISBN13: 9780817304218
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"