Fort Bainbridge

[2] In 1820 on his North American tour, Adam Hodgson described Fort Bainbridge as being a "small stockaded mound".

[7] Captain Kendall Lewis (who commanded Benjamin Hawkins' scouts), along with his Creek chief father-in law, Big Warrior, operated a tavern as a stagecoach stop about 400 yards west of Fort Bainbridge, which stayed open under the care of Lewis' widow until at least 1836.

[9] During his return tour, the Marquis de Lafayette stayed at the Lewis Tavern for his first night in Alabama.

[11] The site of the fort also lies along naturalist William Bartram's four-year journey through the Southern United States, during which he documented the flora, fauna and Native Americans of the area.

[13] Today, it remains unmarked and its legacy lies in a small unincorporated community, Boromville, that developed from it.

Fort Bainbridge (located in the center) as portrayed in Henry Schenck Tanner 's 1830 The Traveler's Pocket Map of Alabama .