Hickory Ground

Hickory Ground
Hickory Ground is located in Alabama
Hickory Ground
Hickory Ground is located in the United States
Hickory Ground
Nearest cityWetumpka, Alabama
Coordinates32°31′36″N 86°12′33″W / 32.52667°N 86.20917°W / 32.52667; -86.20917
Area33.1 acres (13.4 ha)
NRHP reference No.80000685[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 10, 1980

Hickory Ground, also known as Otciapofa (or Odshiapofa, Ocheopofau, and Ocheubofau)[2][3] is an historic Upper Muscogee Creek tribal town and an archaeological site in Elmore County, Alabama near Wetumpka.[1][4][5] It is known as Oce Vpofa in the Muscogee language;[6] the name derives from oche-ub,"hickory" and po-fau, "among".[3] It is best known for serving as the last capital of the National Council of the Creek Nation, prior to the tribe being moved to the Indian Territory in the 1830s.[6][7] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 10, 1980.[1][8][9]

  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Etheridge, Robbie Franklyn (2004). Creek Country: The Creek Indians and Their World, 1796-1816. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0807861553.
  3. ^ a b Wesson, Cameron B. (May 1, 2008). "Changing Creek Households". Households and Hegemony: Early Creek Prestige Goods, Symbolic Capital, and Social Power. University of Nebraska Press. p. 99. ISBN 978-0803247956.
  4. ^ Swanton 200
  5. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Odshiapofa (historical)
  6. ^ a b David Goodwin (August 16, 2012). "Muscogee Creeks try to halt Poarch casino project". The Wetumpka Herald. Archived from the original on August 18, 2012. Retrieved August 19, 2012.
  7. ^ "Tallapoosa: History". Archived from the original on June 30, 2012. Retrieved August 19, 2012.
  8. ^ "Creek Indians regain site of headquarters". Associated Press. August 18, 1980.
  9. ^ Swanson, John Reed (1922). Early history of the Creek Indians and their neighbors. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. pp. 242–243. Retrieved August 19, 2012.