The Apalachicola Fort Site is an archaeological site near Holy Trinity

Holy Trinity, Alabama

Holy Trinity is an unincorporated community in Russell County, Alabama, United States. Its elevation is 312 feet , and it is located at . A post office is located in the community. It is about 20 miles south of Columbus, Georgia on State Route 165...

, Alabama

Alabama

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, United States

United States

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. Spain

Spain

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 established a wattle and daub

Wattle and daub

Wattle and daub is a composite building material used for making walls, in which a woven lattice of wooden strips called wattle is daubed with a sticky material usually made of some combination of wet soil, clay, sand, animal dung and straw...

 blockhouse

Blockhouse

In military science, a blockhouse is a small, isolated fort in the form of a single building. It serves as a defensive strong point against any enemy that does not possess siege equipment or, in modern times, artillery...

 here on the Chattahoochee River

Chattahoochee River

The Chattahoochee River flows through or along the borders of the U.S. states of Georgia, Alabama, and Florida. It is a tributary of the Apalachicola River, a relatively short river formed by the confluence of the Chattahoochee and Flint Rivers and emptying into Apalachicola Bay in the Gulf of...

 in 1690, in an attempt to maintain influence among the Lower Creek

Creek people

The Muscogee , also known as the Creek or Creeks, are a Native American people traditionally from the southeastern United States. Mvskoke is their name in traditional spelling. The modern Muscogee live primarily in Oklahoma, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida...

 Indians

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. These tribes had rejected Spanish missionaries and were trading with the English. The fort was used for one year and then destroyed by the Spanish when they abandoned the site. It was declared a National Historic Landmark

National Historic Landmark

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 in 1964. The site is currently threatened by a high water table

Water table

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 caused by Walter F. George Lake

Walter F. George Lake

The Walter F. George Lake, named for Walter F. George , a United States Senator from Georgia, is formed on the Chattahoochee River along the border between Alabama and Georgia. It is also widely known by the unofficial name, Lake Eufaula — particularly on the Alabama side. The lake extends north...

, with damage from erosion and ground slumping.

See also

• List of National Historic Landmarks in Alabama
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Russell County, Alabama