University of South Alabama archaeologist George Shorter oversaw work at the site of the Globe Hotel in Old St. Stephens, which was Alabama's territorial capitol in the early 1800s. A Choctaw trading post was founded at St. Stephens in 1803, and the Choctaw Agency was established in 1805.
Old St. Stephens
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