Fort Adams, Mississippi

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Coordinates: 31°05′12″N 91°32′53″W / 31.08667°N 91.54806°W / 31.08667; -91.54806
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June 1864 sketch map of Fort Adams, Mississippi

Fort Adams is a small, river

fort
by that name.

The town was called Wilkinburg and was incorporated in 1798. Prior to that time, the community was known as Loftus Heights and formerly had been a

Jesuit
mission called the Rock of Davion, first settled as such circa 1689–1700.

This is also the site where the Choctaw Treaty of Fort Adams was signed in 1801.

History

Around 1700, a

mission on the Mississippi River bluffs at or near the site of Fort Adams. The mission, which was established to bring Christianity to local Indians, became a landmark and stopping place for people traveling on the river or on the overland trails that connected Natchez with New Orleans. Davion left the mission by 1720, but the site continued to be called Roche Davion (Davion's Rock) for many years thereafter. It acquired the name Loftus Heights in 1764, when a British expeditionary force led by Major Arthur Loftus was ended after being attacked by Indians at this site.[2]

The site became Fort Adams after the United States and

U.S. President, John Adams.[2]

In December 1801, Fort Adams was the site of the negotiation and signing of a treaty between the Choctaw and the United States government. The Treaty of Fort Adams was the first in a series of treaties that ceded Choctaw land to the U.S. government and eventually led to the expulsion of the Choctaw Nation from lands east of the Mississippi River. In exchange for 2,641,920 acres (10,691.5 km2) of land, the Choctaws received merchandise worth about $2,000 plus three sets of tools for blacksmithery.[3][4][5]

In subsequent years, the river channel shifted away, leaving Fort Adams far from the Mississippi River. As of 1993, Fort Adams was a small community and the site of businesses that provided supplies to hunting and fishing camps in the region.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Fort Adams, Mississippi". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^
    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
    New Orleans District, COELMN/PD-91/04. August 1993.
  3. ^ Treaty with the Choctaw, 1801 Archived 2012-11-02 at the Wayback Machine. Compiled by Charles J. Kappler. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1904. Retrieved from Oklahoma State University Library Electronic Publishing Center, March 4, 2013.
  4. ^ "Treaty of Fort Adams". Mississippi History and Genealogy Project. December 27, 2012. Archived from the original on January 6, 2014. Retrieved March 5, 2013.
  5. ISBN 9781617033810
    .

31°05′12″N 91°32′53″W / 31.08667°N 91.54806°W / 31.08667; -91.54806

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