Wedowee, Alabama
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Wedowee is a town and the county seat of Randolph County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2020 census, Wedowee had a population of 737. It was initially incorporated in 1836, but its charter lapsed
Rivers Langley statue
Downtown Wedowee
Wedowee City Hall
The Randolph County Courthouse is located in Wedowee.
Muscogee
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The Muscogee, Mvskoke or Mvskokvlke, also known as Muscogee Creek or just Creek, are a group of related Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands in the United States. Their historical homeland
Wedowee, Alabama
…initially incorporated in 1836, but its charter lapsed by the late 19th century. It was reincorporated in 1901. Wedowee, which means "old water" in the Creek language, was named after a Muscogee Creek Indian chief. This area was historically occupied by the Muscogee Creek people. Following Indian Removal of…
Muscogee Creek bandolier bag, c. 1820, Birmingham Museum of Art
Etowah Mound C, was part of a precontact Mississippian culture site, occupied by ancestors of the Muscogee people from c. 1000–1550 CE, in Cartersville, Georgia
Hernando de Soto and his men burn Mabila, after a surprise attack by Chief Tuskaloosa and his people in 1540. Painting by Herb Roe, 2008
The protohistoric King site, occupied during the mid-1500s