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Daviston
Little River Canyon
Fort Payne
Russell Cave (pictures)
Bridgeport
Selma To Montgomery National Historic Trail
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Russell Cave National Monument pictures
Bridgeport, AL
Thousands of years ago bands of nomadic people came to what would be called Russell Cave. The cave and surrounding upland forest would provide these people with the basic necessities to survive. The cave provided a shelter from the bitter cold of the winter season. The forest provided food, tools, and fuel for their fires.
Occupation of the cave shelter continued from the earliest people to inhabit the southeast, to the remnants of a mound building society that encountered the first Europeans to explore the south. The story of Russell Cave National Monument is one of adaptation and survival. Adaptation of people to an ever changing social and natural environment, as well as discovery of the bountiful resources the forest provided, and development of the skills to use these resources for survival.
These people left behind clues that would be found by archeological explorers. Clues to the way of life of a people, "who for centuries have been lost in time."
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