Tallassee, Alabama
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Tallassee is a city on the Tallapoosa River, located in both Elmore and Tallapoosa counties in the U.S. state of Alabama. At the 2020 census, the population was 4,763. It is home to a major hydroelect
Tallassee City Hall in 2021
Johnny Hammock with his wife, Kimberly Hammock (left) and Congressmember Martha Roby in 2020.
The historic Hotel Talisi pictured in 2007.
Built in 1844, the Tallassee cotton mill was converted into an armory for producing carbines during the American Civil War.
Red Sticks
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Red Sticks —the name deriving from the red-painted war clubs of some Native American Creek—refers to an early 19th century traditionalist faction of Muscogee Creek people in the Southeastern United St
Tallassee, Alabama
…location of the seven sacred plates. Tensions first broke out as a civil war among the Creek, but US forces also got involved. Trying to intercept a Red Sticks party who were bringing back arms thought to be purchased from the Spanish in Florida, United States Army forces attacked the Creek at the Battle of…
Menawa was one of the principal leaders of the Red Sticks. After the war, he continued to oppose white encroachment on Muscogee lands, visiting Washington, D.C., in 1826 to protest the treaty of Indian Springs. Painted by Charles Bird King, 1837.