The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-01
JACKSON'S TRACE
IS TO Be MARKED
Interesting Chapter In History
OF IaIIadega
FUNDS FOR NEW COLLEGE
About $4,000 Has Already Been
Raised by Presbyterians for Tai
ladeea nstitution-Great
Season for Nuts.
FUNDS FOR NEW COLLEGE
BY WELLINGTON vANplvER.

Talladega, November 30.-(special)-
Ninety-five years ago on November
General jackson fought the battle of
Talladega. One thousand friendly Indians
were in a fort where the present iron
furnace stands within the corporate linn
its of the city and they were besieged
by a large force of hostiles. Starva-
tion stared the beleaguered red men in
the face and it was imperative that help
should be obtained from some quar-
ter.
by the Eternal Jackson was So miles
away with 1900 Tennesseans. At night
fall one of the besieged Indians put ON
the skin of a hog and slipping out of
the fort under cover of darkness he
grunted and browzed on all tours in i'm
itation of a hog until he had passed
safely through the investing lines and
then, throwing off the skin, he fled
northward through the darkness to Jack
sons fort on the Coosa.
Old Hickory, on hearing of the plight
of the besieged did not waste a mo-
ment but set out with his whole force
through the untrodden wilderness to the
relief of the beseged. A corps of AK
men and rough engineers cut out a way
through the painless forest for the cav
airy, infantry and artillery of Jackson
men. The road was almost an air line,
deviations only being made where noun
tains interviewed and the historic mill
tary road is known as "Jackson's Trace
to this day.
The Andrew Jackson chapter of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
propose to mark this ancient highway
it's entire length with suitable and APP
propriate tablets and this chapter, located
at Talladega, is actively engaged in prep
arations locking to this action. Jack
sons Trace runsalmost 90 miles through
Talladega county coming into the coun-
ty or 6 miles from Lincoln on the
north and ending at the mouth of Cedar
creek miles from Talladega Springs.
1t is yet a we'll known and continuously
Travelled road. No monument in ITALIA
dega marks the valor and memory of
General jackson who did SO much for
the city and country in its early days
mot even street bearing his name
and it is fit that there should be some
memorial of the old hero on the ground
that he won by his hand.
The committee appointed to solicit sub
scriptions for the new Presbyterian col
lege at Talladega is melting with much
encouragement. Birmingham Presbyte-
rians responded nobly and as result
there is in sight nearly $4,000. The peo-
fa1a Of nm CT bat- HaAYa Riol
eral, which is magnanimous in view of
the fact that Admission struggled to get
the location but failed. 1t is proposed
to erect a building that will cost about
$4,000 and the prospects are very bright
that this sum will be raised.
Invitations are out for reception at
the home of Mrs. S. II. Henderson on
December at p. m, in the interest
of the memorial association. More than
300 guests are expected and a unique and
original programme will be offered in
Guiding light refreshments.
This has been a great season for nuts
in this county. Hickorynuts. pecans and
black walnuts are offered for sale on the
streets, all of them being home grown.
The housewives buy the walnuts and
hickorynuts and them in making
cake and salad as they are much cheap
er and equally as good as the pecan and
English walnut.
A light rain fell Monday morning,
scarcely enough to lay the dust. The
warm weather of the past two weeks
has forced the growth of bulbs, flowers
and sweet peas so that the coming freezes
of winter will probably kill them. A long
steady soaking rain is greatly desired
on account of scarcity of water in the
streams and wells