Visitors take step back to days of the Frontier

Thousands of school students from across the state and the southeast attend the annual Frontier Days at Fort Toulouse/Jackson Park in Wetumpma. Reenactors from across the country bring life to the western frontier of the United States from 1700-1820. Photo by Kevin Taylor

Visitors can step into the area’s past this week as Alabama Frontier Days returns to Fort Toulouse/Jackson Park in Wetumpka. Attendees will see reenactors bring to life the days when Alabama was the western frontier of the United States (1700-1820).

“The history of this National Historic Landmark serves as the backdrop,” said Ned Jenkins, archaeologist/living history coordinator at the park. “Authentically costumed reenactors will demonstrate what life was like at Fort Toulouse/ Fort Jackson and adjacent Indian villages.”