AL HJR314

Recognizes the Blountsville Historical Park as a state historical site and requests its placement on the State Registry of Historic Places.

The park's location originated as an ancient Native American trail that became known as Bear Meat Cabin Road in 1813.

By 1818, the trail was renamed the St. Stephens-Huntsville Road and served as a prominent trade route for the Alabama Territory.

The St. Stephens-Huntsville Road was designated as a post road in 1822 and carried mail between New Orleans and Cincinnati, with Alabama's first stage line operating along the route.

Between 1816 and 1818, thousands of settlers from the Carolinas and Tennessee traveled the road during the period known as "Alabama Fever," including 800 Tennessee volunteers including David Crockett who joined General Andrew Jackson at Gunter's Landing in 1813.