Alabama Frontier Days '99

Ft. Toulouse itself, is a recreaton of the second stockade at this site. Ft. Jackson is an American fort which was located near the original Ft. Toulouse site.

The fort would be a place of refuge and trade for woodsmen and Indians of the area, as well as a gathering place for trading and other vital communications.

People from all walks of life would visit the fort. In times of peace they would mingle in and around the fort.

These are a few of the glimpses of the past.

The settlers on the frontier would come to trade their surplus for goods which they couldn't produce themselves. They would typically camp near the fort so that if danger threatened (which it frequently did), they could retreat to the safety of the fort with it's garrison of soldiers and Marines.