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The Ridge Macon County Archaeology Project The Ridge Archaeology Project is dedicated to archaeological exploration to document the story of the cultural evolution in Macon County, Alabama.

During the pandemic we are developing virtual programs and offer a podcast series at https://www.digtheridge.com/podcasts

We plan to resume on-site visitation later this year. Admission is free. Group accommodations provided upon request. We are proud to be a Distinctive Destination of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. National Trust members receive 10% off gift shop purchases.

09/29/2026
09/29/2026
09/24/2026

Meet the honorees: Historian Kathryn Braund will be honored as an Alabama Humanities Fellow at AHA’s Alabama Colloquium program on October 12, at Montevallo’s American Village.

Kathryn H. Braund, Ph.D., is Hollifield Professor of Southern History Emerita at Auburn University, and her expertise lies in the intersecting threads of Creek and early American history in the South. She has authored or edited some of the most important and accessible books on Creek-settler history in our region.

Esteemed historian Wayne Flynt, one of Braund’s former colleagues, calls Braund “one of Alabama’s — indeed, the South’s — finest and most respected scholars of early America.”

The Dadeville native has written or edited countless books and essays on Creek-American history. And she has become a keen interpreter of the works of several writers during the Revolutionary Era, including William Bartram, whose famed 1775-1776 travels through Creek country shed a fascinating light on life in the land that would become Alabama.

To learn more about Kathryn Braund — and some of the fascinating books she has authored — read Flynt’s essay in our new issue of ‘Mosaic’ magazine. And don’t miss Kathryn’s own essay in the same America at 250-themed issue! She shared her expertise in authoring a piece titled “Revolutionary Travelers Through Creek Country: On the impact of America’s war for independence in the land that would become Alabama”

Read it all at alabamahumanities.org/mosaic-magazine/america-at-250.

08/18/2026

Thinking about your weekend plans?

Consider joining us this Saturday, August 22, 2026 for the Annual Horseshoe Bend National Military Park Symposium from 9:00 am to noon!

This event will be held at Pebble Hill in Auburn. Entry is free, and no registration is required.

For more information visit our website, nps.gov/hobe

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