Tullahassee Mission Site
The Tullahassee Mission was founded on March 1, 1850 by Rev. Robert Loughridge. The mission was originally built for the Creek Indians, but after a devastating fire the Creeks left Tullahassee and the mission and gave it to their former African slaves.
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