The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-21
MEMORIAL FOR BATTLE PARK Sent by Horseshoe Bend
 Commission. WOULD ESTABLISH PARK Asks That Bill of Representative
 HefIin Be Adopted. or. Thomas M. Owen, secretaty Of the Cemnission Yesterday Seat rspsrs pr.y,ns ssv s-sas-
 iishment of sziiitary
 Park.

vvben ty,e Horse-shoe Bend commits hdon was organized last Wednesday Q memorial was adopted looking to the passage by congress of bill intro auced by Hon. J. T. Hefiin. for the es- tabiishment of the Horseshoe Bend Battle Park and the appropriation of a sufficient sum for the purchase or land on which the battle was fought.
 The memorial as sent to Washington by Dr. Thomas M. owen secretary of the commission is a follows:
 'The battle of Horseshoe Bend, March 27, 1874, between the Ameri- hans and the Creek Indians.
 .sGemorial of the Horseshoe Bend Battle Commission by the State of Alabama, praying Congress to estab- jlish . military park on the Horseshoe Bend Battle field.
 ITO the Congress of the United States, "Gentlemen:--
 s~Your memorialists, the Horseshoe Bend Battle Commission. duly and re- gularly constituted under and by yir- tue of an act of the Legislature of EAIab ama., approved Aug. 1e. 1907. res ipectfully petition and mefnoraltze your honorable bodies to take early and favorable action upon H. R. zsSsb. in- Aroduced in the house of representa- ,tives by Hon. ]. T. Hefiin. representa- tive from the 9th Alabama District.
 "As your .memorialists are informed. the lesAsiation contemplated by the proposed bill has ample warrant in numerous acts, either creating nation al military parks, or in the publica- fion of historical documents, orNin meunumenting historic spots. or in otherwise commemorating historic in- cidents in the past life of our country. In Such Legislation public opinion through out the United States has un- animouely concurred. But while much has been done on the part of the Fed ierai Government in the patriotic di- Irection indicated, there undoubtedly remain many points and places which. from the-tmportance of the occurrena ces which took place upon them or in their vicinity, ought either to become the property of the Government, or ought to be suitably commemorated in permanent and lasting way.
 therefore in determinging upon 6uture action on the spart of Con- sress 1t Is respectfully urged that due consideration be given those great events in the history of our country. which in a certain sense have hereto Fore been neglected. and. consequently In a sense forgotten. The bill above seferred to has for its object the es- kabHshment of the Horseshoe Bend Battle Park and the appropriate monu- menting or marking of what Is com monly known as the Hovsesiaoe Bend Battle ground located on the Talla- Roosa R yer, in the county of Talla- poosa, in the State of klabama: AL though the significance of. this battle As one of the decisive battles In the try has been emphasized again, and again by both the local and the gem eral historian. 1t has never yet re- ceived that attention. either from the State or general government, which It's importance has demanded The bill of Mfr. Hefiin seeks to meet what ap- pears to be an apparent duty, long neglected. and, we believe. in 8 way which ought to commend itself to im- mediate and favorable action on the part of your honorable bodies. Here anafter are set forth the principal acts connected with the subject, and to Ehese careful and thoughtful atten- tion Is invited. It is believed that they will abundantly demonstrate the his- toric significance of the battle,S and the great patriotic and .educatory value , of the proposed legisiation. } :.
 Tf2'aassThe Place. . ''The point where the battfe was fought occupies a unique place in the history kV[ LAle OE@Sk. kHuiAubs ana lk 10 to day a romantio -and picturesque spot in a prosperous section of the State. Parton. in Life of Jack son. (1Se4,l vol. 1, pp. s12 and 6l4, says of the bend, in which the battle was fought:
 .eThe attention of the reader is now to be directed to a remark able ''Bend" of the river Tallapoosa, about
 lfty-flve miles from Fort Strother the scene, for so many weeks, of Gen. eral Jackson's strenuous endeavors-- The bend of which we speak is about midway between the source and the mouth of the Tallapoosa. It occura where the stream is not favorable dur ing the spring rains. Nut Is not wide enough to present very serious ob- stacle to an Indian swimmer. From the shape of this peninsula the Indians called it Tohopeka, which means Horseshoe. It contains @ hundred acres of land, since a cotton field. The neck, or isthmus, is about three hun dred and fifty yards across. The ground rfgoa sOnnavyhat from fha adHe