THE TOWN OF TUSKEGEE IS LOCATED IN CENTRAL ALABAMA. TUSKEGEE IS THE COUNTY SEAT OF MACON COUNTY. IT WAS THE SITE OF MAJOR AFRICAN AMERICANA ACHIEVEMENT FOR OVER 100 YEARS.
AT THE TIME OF TUSKEGEE'S FOUNDING THE AREA WAS POPULATED BY MEMBERS OF THE CREEK NATION. IT WAS NAMED AFTER A CREEK LEADER - TASKIGI. TUSKEGEE WAS LOCATED ALONG AN HISTORIC INDIAN TRAIL THAT BECAME A HIGHWAY. THE INDIANS LIVED BETWEEN COOSA AND THE TALLAPOOSA RIVERS NEAR COLUMBUS.
WHEN DE SOTO CAME TO THIS AREA IN 1540 HE FOUND TWO PLACES THAT PROBABLY BELONGED TO THE TUSKEGEE TRIBE. BY THE END OF THE 1600'S THEY DIVIDED INTO TWO BANDS, ONE OF WHICH WAS ON AN ISLAND IN TENNESSEE RIVER. THEY LIVED WITH THE CHEROKEE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TENNESSEE RIVER. AFTER 1717 THE FRENCH BUILT A FORT. THEY INTERMARRIED WITH THE BLACKS.
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