Vine and Olive Colony
The Vine and Olive Colony was an effort by a group of
Founding
The Vine and Olive Colony was an effort started by the French Emigrant Association, made up of high-ranking officials and followers of Napoleon fearing for their lives after the restoration of
After their journey across the
The most prominent and wealthy immigrants was
Decline
After settling into their new surroundings, the colonists soon discovered that their land was not suited to fulfill the condition placed by Congress on their grants, the cultivation of grapes or olives.
Legacy
Demopolis continues as a town into the present day; Aigleville and Arcola were largely gone by the eve of the American Civil War.[9] The settlers' efforts are remembered by the name of the county, Marengo, and the name of the county seat, Linden. The county was named Marengo to commemorate Napoleon's victory at the Battle of Marengo over the Austrian armies on 14 June 1800.[10] The county seat was originally known as the Town of Marengo, but in 1823 the name was changed to Linden.[10] Linden is a shortened version of Hohenlinden, scene of another Napoleonic victory in Bavaria in 1800.[10]
See also
- Aigleville (Alabama)
- Arcola, Alabama
- Champ d'Asile, a separate settlement in Texas founded by people from this colony
- Demopolis, Alabama
References
- ^ Smith, Winston. Days of Exile: The Story of the Vine and Olive Colony in Alabama, page 9. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: W. B. Drake and Son, 1967.
- ^ a b c d Smith, Winston. Days of Exile: The Story of the Vine and Olive Colony in Alabama, pages 26-28. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: W. B. Drake and Son, 1967.
- ^ a b c Smith, Winston. Days of Exile: The Story of the Vine and Olive Colony in Alabama, pages 31-43. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: W. B. Drake and Son, 1967.
- ISBN 978-1363310845.
- ^ Smith, Winston. Days of Exile: The Story of the Vine and Olive Colony in Alabama, pages 96-115. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: W. B. Drake and Son, 1967.
- ^ a b Smith, Winston. Days of Exile: The Story of the Vine and Olive Colony in Alabama, pages 47-53. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: W. B. Drake and Son, 1967.
- ^ Smith, Winston. Days of Exile: The Story of the Vine and Olive Colony in Alabama, page 76. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: W. B. Drake and Son, 1967.
- ^ a b c Smith, Winston. Days of Exile: The Story of the Vine and Olive Colony in Alabama, pages 56-61. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: W. B. Drake and Son, 1967.
- ^ a b Smith, Winston. Days of Exile: The Story of the Vine and Olive Colony in Alabama, pages 76-81. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: W. B. Drake and Son, 1967.
- ^ a b c "Alabama Counties: Marengo County". "Alabama Department of Archives and History". Retrieved 2007-12-12.
External links
Bibliography
- Blaufard, Rafe. Bonapartists in the Borderlands: French Exiles and Refugees on the Gulf Coast, 1815-1835. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2006.
- Martin, Thomas. 1937. French military adventurers in Alabama, 1818-1828. Princeton University Press.
- Whitfield, Gaius. 1904. The French Grant in Alabama: A History of the Founding of Demopolis. Historical Papers, 1st-2d Ser.