GC2BPCV Traditional Cache Mondo's NAT # 022 - Alabama
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular Regular | Difficulty: 2 out of 5 | Terrain: 2.5 out of 5
By: mondou2 @ | Hide Date: 07/13/2010 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 47.892 W105° 33.584 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Scenic view  No Difficult climbing  Not Available during winter  Motorcycles  Quads  Off-road vehicles 
Native American Tribes series.
Alabama


It's pronounced "al-uh-BAM-uh," the same as the state (which was named after the tribe.) No one knows exactly where this name came from. It could be an English form of the word albina, which means "campsite" in their own language and may have been the name of an Alabama town. Or it could be an English form of the Choctaw words alba amo, which means "clearing brush."

The Alabamas are original residents of Alabama. The tribe was forced to move further west in the 18th century, and today most Alabamas live in Texas (sharing a reservation with the Coushattas) and in Oklahoma (sharing a reservation with the Creeks.) Other Alabama people joined the Seminoles and were absorbed into that powerful Florida tribe, and some live in Louisiana with the Coushattas there. The total population of Alabama Indians is about 2000.

The Alabama people lived in square-shaped villages of houses and small farm plots. Alabama houses had plaster and rivercane walls with thatched roofs. These dwellings were about as strong and warm as a log cabin. The Alabamas also built a larger circular lodge for town meetings, and most villages had a lacrosse field with benches for spectators. An Alabama village was usually surrounded with palisades (reinforced walls) to guard against attack.
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7 Logs: Found it 7  

Found it 06/09/2019 By JCRRacing
Fun off-road trail. Hood cache.

Found it 09/30/2018 By Rohatx
Took a minute to locate with the gps acting wonky. It settled and we made the find. Thank you for the placement

Found it 08/04/2018 By lwiscomb
Tftc!

Found it 07/27/2018 By cajrrman
I decided to head for the hills around Central City for some caching today. I made the find here at 9:53 am. Thanks for the cache!

Ah, one of the larger sized NAT caches and one of three I found in the series today. The highest one I have found is #655 and the lowest is #5. I left a TB in this cache.

Found it 04/15/2018 By wq64815
Left a beaded necklace thank you!

Found it 08/23/2016 By K&LRasmussen
TFTC :)

Found it 07/30/2016 By TDubsKid
found it, put it back the way it was