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About this book
The Territory That Built Two States
The Mississippi Territory existed as a political entity for nearly two decades. It stretched from the Tennessee border southward to the Gulf of Mexico and was bounded on the east by the state of Georgia and the west by the mighty Mississippi River. This enormous swath of America's southwestern frontier in 1817 was divided into the state of Mississippi and the Alabama Territory. Two years later, Alabama entered the Union as a state. Between 1798 and 1817, the territory transitioned from a sparsely inhabited backwoods frontier to a thriving and dynamic centerpiece in one of the fastest-developing regions of the country. Mike Bunn and Clay Williams chronicle that story in a richly illustrated introduction and guide to discovery of this pivotal era.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Copyright
- Contents
- Timeline
- Preface
- 1. Raising the American Flag
- 2. Rivalries, Factions and Fights
- 3. Wars and Rumors of Wars
- 4. The Great Migration
- 5. Life on the Frontier
- 6. The Road to Statehood
- Afterword
- Biographies
- Historic Sites
- Maps of the Mississippi Territory and the New States of Mississippi and Alabama
- Notes
- Bibliographic Essay
- About the Authors