Eufaula’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 4 old photos of Eufaula. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The site along the Chattahoochee River that is now modern-day Eufaula was occupied by three Muscogee Creek tribes, including the Eufaulas. By the 1820s the land was part of the Creek Indian Territory and supposedly off-limits to white settlement. By 1827 enough illegal white settlement had occurred that the Creeks appealed to the federal government for protection of their property rights. In July of that year, federal troops were sent to the Eufaula area to remove the settlers by force of arms, a conflict known as the "Intruders War".
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Eufaula’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Eufaula’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewEli Simms Shorter, 1861: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Eufaula
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Eufaula, decade by decade
1990s
14 historic places in Eufaula
Eufaula has 14 listings on the National Register, and they protect 755 historic buildings, because Lore, Seth and Irwinton Historic District (Boundary Increase) alone counts 667.
Where they are
When they were listed
Listed 1970Tavern, The
Listed 1971Bray-Barron House
Listed 1971Cato House
Listed 1971Sheppard Cottage
Listed 1971McNab Bank Building
Listed 1971Wellborn
Listed 1972Kendall Manor
Listed 1972Shorter Mansion
Listed 1972Drewry-Mitchell-Moorer House
Listed 1972Gov. Chauncy Sparks House
Listed 1982Kiels-McNab HouseListed 1973Lore Historic DistrictListed 1986Lore, Seth and Irwinton Historic District (Boundary Increase)Listed 2006Woodlane PlantationThen & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Eli Simms Shorter (1861) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4) and the National Register (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.