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'''Chickasabogue Park''' is an {{convert|1100|acres|adj=on}} park in [[Eight Mile, Alabama|Eight Mile]], [[Mobile County, Alabama]]. The park contains campgrounds, around {{convert|17|mi|km}} of hiking and biking trails, a [[disc golf]] course, sports fields, boat launches, and a beach on Chickasabogue Creek.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chickasabogue Park|url=http://www.mobilecountyal.gov/living/parks_chickasabogue.html|publisher=Mobile County Alabama|accessdate=September 9, 2018}}</ref> It is linked via Chickasabogue Creek to the town of [[Chickasaw, Alabama|Chickasaw]] and [[Mobile Bay]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Holbert|first1=Rob|title=Ron |
'''Chickasabogue Park''' is an {{convert|1100|acres|adj=on}} park in [[Eight Mile, Alabama|Eight Mile]], [[Mobile County, Alabama]]. The park contains campgrounds, around {{convert|17|mi|km}} of hiking and biking trails, a [[disc golf]] course, sports fields, boat launches, and a beach on Chickasabogue Creek.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chickasabogue Park|url=http://www.mobilecountyal.gov/living/parks_chickasabogue.html|publisher=Mobile County Alabama|accessdate=September 9, 2018}}</ref> It is linked via Chickasabogue Creek to the town of [[Chickasaw, Alabama|Chickasaw]] and [[Mobile Bay]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Holbert|first1=Rob|title=Ron Jones' vision for Chickasabogue comes to life|journal=[[Lagniappe (newspaper)|Lagniappe]]|date=May 12, 2014|url=http://www.lagniappemobile.com/ron-jones-visionfor-chickasabogue-comes-life/|accessdate=September 9, 2018}}</ref> The park also contains a museum featuring [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], Colonial, and plantation-era artifacts, housed in a former [[African Methodist Episcopal]] church built in 1879.<ref name="Cuhaj">{{cite book|last1=Cuhaj|first1=Joe|title=Hiking Through History Alabama|date=2016|publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]]|isbn=9781493019397|page=182|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x0DQDAAAQBAJ&q=chickasabogue+park+history&pg=PA182|accessdate=September 9, 2018}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 21:25, 23 July 2024
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| Typ | County park |
| Standort | Eight Mile, Alabama |
| Area | 1,100 acres (450 ha) |
| Operated by | Mobile County Public Works |
| Website | Official website |
Chickasabogue Park is an 1,100-acre (450 ha) park in Eight Mile, Mobile County, Alabama. The park contains campgrounds, around 17 miles (27 km) of hiking and biking trails, a disc golf course, sports fields, boat launches, and a beach on Chickasabogue Creek.[1] It is linked via Chickasabogue Creek to the town of Chickasaw and Mobile Bay.[2] The park also contains a museum featuring Native American, Colonial, and plantation-era artifacts, housed in a former African Methodist Episcopal church built in 1879.[3]
History
The earliest known inhabitants of the park were Woodland period Native Americans around 1500 BCE. Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, founder of Mobile, relocated Apalache tribe members along Chickasabogue Creek. The first European settlement came in 1787, when Spaniard Don Diego Miguel Álvarez was granted land there. Frederic Daniel Myers and his sons built a saw mill along the creek as early as 1843. The plantation came to encompass a grist mill, a brick kiln, rice, corn, and livestock fields, and a town which contained a public school. In the final months of the Civil War, around 700 residents of Whistler hid in the area to escape advancing Union troops. The area was used as a recreation area as early as the 1930s. The Myers family sold the property in 1903. The land was later purchased by Scott Paper Company, who donated the original 750 acres (300 ha) to the county in 1969.[4][3]
References
- ^ "Chickasabogue Park". Mobile County Alabama. Retrieved September 9, 2018.
- ^ Holbert, Rob (May 12, 2014). "Ron Jones' vision for Chickasabogue comes to life". Lagniappe. Retrieved September 9, 2018.
- ^ a b Cuhaj, Joe (2016). Hiking Through History Alabama. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 182. ISBN 9781493019397. Retrieved September 9, 2018.
- ^ "History of Chickasabogue Park". Mobile County Alabama. Retrieved September 9, 2018.