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Hikers at Redwood
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MARCH 27 |
| 1814 In the Battle of the Horseshoe, at the "horseshoe bend" in the Tallapoosa River, General Andrew Jackson's forces break the power of the Upper Creek Indian Confederacy and open large parts of Alabama and Georgia for settlement. In what is considered the final battle of the Creek War of 1813-1814, more than 800 Upper Creeks die here defending their homeland, and in a peace treaty signed after the battle, both the Upper and Lower Creeks are forced to give the United States nearly 20 million acres of land. In 1959, the Horseshoe Bend National
Military Park would be established to preserve the site of the
battle. |
| 1978 The US Senate and House add an amendment to the 1968 Act that established California's Redwood National Park, authorizing the expansion of the park to protect the largest remaining stand of coastal redwoods from logging outside park boundaries. The Redwood National Park Expansion Act also compensates unemployed loggers for their loss of jobs. |
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