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Wamp Introduces Legislation for Inclusion of Additional Routes by Aaron Mahr and Jerra Quinton On Friday, February 8, 2008, U. S. Rep. Zach In November, the Wamp had 20 co-sponsors for the bill, Wamp of introduced legislation office completed the including: Robert Aderholt and Robert (H.R. 5335) that would add 2,800 miles to feasibility study and environmental assess- Cramer of Alabama; Marion Berry, John the existing Trail of Tears National Historic ment for the additional routes of the Trail of Boozman, and Vic Snyder of ; Trail. The proposed additions are the Benge Tears National Historic Trail. As of early Nathan Deal, Phil Gingrey, and Tom Price January, the study of Georgia; Ed Whitfield of Kentucky; Jo was under review by Ann Emerson of ; Heath Shuler of the NPS Director's North Carolina; Dan Boren, Tom Cole, office. After that is completed, the “Through this legislation, we Department of will honor the historic foot- Interior and the steps taken by the Cherokee, Office of document their courage and Management and highlight their character as a Budget must approve it before it is submit- great tribe of strong people. ” ted to Congress for consideration. Mary Fallin, Frank Lucas, and John Sullivan of Oklahoma; and Stephen Cohen, Lincoln The feasibility study, Davis, John Duncan, and John Tanner of which is actually an Tennessee. Photo courtesy of Duane King amendment to the Trail of Tears Association board members Duane King (second from left) and Troy original 1986 Trail of During the week of February 11, 2008, Trail Poteete (second from right) and staff members Jerra Quinton (far left) and Paul Austin (far right) meet with Congressman Zach Wamp (center) in Washington, D.C., Tears Feasibility of Tears Association board members Troy on February 12, 2008, to talk about the Trail of Tears legislation he just intro- Study, addressed the Poteete and Duane King and staff Paul duced, which would add 2800 miles to the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail. desirability and feasi- Austin and Jerra Quinton met with bility of designating See LEGISLATION, page 6 and Bell Routes; the land components of the Bell Route, the Benge Route, the land INSIDE THIS ISSUE the designated water routes in Alabama, components of the water detachment routes, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Tennessee; the the roundup routes, the disbandment routes, • TOTA President’s Message...... 2 routes from the collection forts in Alabama, and associated camp sites, as part of the • NPS Superintendent’s Message...... 2 Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee to Trail of Tears National Historic Trail. The • TOTA Chapter News...... 3-5 the emigration depots; and the related study concluded that all of the above com- • Conoboy Retires...... 6 campgrounds located along these routes ponents met the criteria of the national • SRC Research Day...... 7 and land components. In addition, the bill Trails System Act and that there was public • Historic Trails Workshop...... 7 has extensive private property rights protec- support and interest in them. Ultimately, it • Passport Program...... 7 tions. The bill has been referred to the will be up to Congress to determine whether • IMLS Museum Program Grant...... 9 Committee on Natural Resources, and they will become part of the National • Smithsonian Visit...... 10 Congressman Wamp’s office is pushing for Historic Trail. Keep tuned! For more infor- • TOTA Conference...... 11 enactment of the bill by this summer. mation visit www.nps.gov/trte and link to • Austin Takes New Position...... 11 the Additional Routes Feasibility Study. • Trail Calendar...... 11

Newsletter of the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail Partnership • March 2008 - Number 12 Trail of Tears Association President’s Message Trail of Tears Association State Chapter News On behalf of the National Association, these efforts will make for a much more has been an Georgia Kentucky North Carolina I would like to express our appreciation to meaningful experience for all visitors to the impetus for The Georgia chapter has a new leadership The Radford Farm certification was The North Carolina chapter met on the Georgia chapter and particularly the Trail. Further, this may well be the year that many of us to team with Jeff Bishop and Leslie Thomas received by owners in October 2007 and October 6th and on January 12th. The conference planning committee for making the Trail routes are expanded by Congress! increase our taking office as president and vice-presi- announced at the annual TOTA conference October meeting was held at the Cherokee our Annual Conference and Symposium a commitment dent, respectively. Bishop, an award-win- in Rome, Georgia, by John Conoboy of the Historical Association building in Cherokee great success. All of your hard work was It is with regret that we accept the resigna- to the Trail. ning journalist, served as vice-president of National Trails System – Santa Fe office of and was scheduled to coincide with the apparent from planning the receptions and tion of Paul Austin as our Executive We wish him the Georgia chapter last year and just fin- the NPS. The Kentucky chapter wishes John annual Cherokee Fall Fair. The program trips to the abundance of great door prizes. Director. Much of the advancement that the very best ished a Challenge Cost-Share report on the the best in his retirement. was presented by Dr. Hartwell Francis, a Thanks for a great conference! the Trail has seen in the last few years is a in his new John Ross House for the National Park linguist with the Cherokee Studies program direct result of Paul’s work and leadership. position as Service. Thomas has been in charge of the A follow-up planning meeting on Mantle at Western Carolina University. His presen- This year should be a great year for the Trail Paul was instrumental in the organization of director of chapter’s newsletter, Moccasin Tracks, for Rock public use was held on January 29th, tation focused on the Cherokee language of Tears National Historic Trail. All of the the Trail of Tears Association in 1993. It was the Arkansas Photo courtesy of Cherokee Nation the past several years as Publicity Chair. She in Paducah. Among those in attendance revitalization projects in North Carolina. chapters have been working diligently to his willingness to accept the responsibility Humanities Jack Baker, President of the Trail of also serves as president of the Gilmer were NPS staff Aaron Mahr, Steve Burns locate and preserve Trail sites. Many of the of housing the Association’s office at the Tears Association Council. We County Historical Society. and Andrea Sharon. Also participating were The January meeting was held in Murphy, projects are beginning to come to fruition. American Indian Center that enabled the are not saying goodbye, however, as we David Pollock and Tressa Brown of the with a presentation by Dr. David Cozzo on I believe that this year there will be a great Association to grow. Without their main- expect to see you, Paul, at many of our Big projects for 2008 include: Kentucky Heritage Council and Kentucky the revitalization of traditional Cherokee deal of progress made in the development taining our financial and membership meetings and look forward to your continu- • “TOTAbase,” an online cooperative chapter members Beverly Baker, Ann Day, arts and crafts. Dr. Cozzo, an ethnob- of sites all along the Trail. This will include records it would have been very difficult for ing support of the organization. research database for chapter members. Carla Hildebrand, Alice Murphree, Ann otanist, is working with the Eastern Band of additional signage, development of Trail the Association to function. Even more The online database, to which members Read, and Shelly Morris, also a representa- Cherokee Indians to promote resource segments and more wayside exhibits. All of important, his dedication to the Association Jack D. Baker will regularly contribute, will include tive for the Nature Conservancy, which preservation used in traditional basket and period maps, photographs, plats, valua- owns the Mantle Rock property. carving production. Among these resources tions, newspaper clippings, and other are river cane, white oak, and blood root. documents to assist in the documentation and NPS certification of Removal-related The chapter continues to be involved in the National Trails System Office Superintendent’s Message sites and routes. production and placement of signs which • A February 16th research workshop at indicate sites involved in the 1838 removal. We’re in a time of significant change in the port, kindness, and decency the staff has and someone who possesses all the quali- New Echota. This project has been directed and execut- National Trails System office in Santa Fe. As shown, and my thanks go out to each of ties I believe will make her a superb trail • The opening of wayside exhibits at a ed by Brett Riggs, Ph.D., of the University all of you know, Superintendent Jere them. partner and leader. Dr. Frank Norris, a Cedartown public park, the former site of of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. Rodney Krakow ended his long and distinguished regional historian in the NPS office in National Park Service, Nature Conservancy, and a Removal camp. Kentucky Heritage Commission staff recently visited Snedeker, archaeologist for the National career in the National Park Service in early Other significant challenges have occurred Anchorage, Alaska, has accepted the posi- • An NPS Challenge Cost-Share to perform the Mantle Rock site to begin site planning for Forests in North Carolina, has been helpful Jnuary of 2007. Following Jere’s departure, in the last eight months. In the fall, John tion of historian in the trails office. Frank development of visitor facilities. Together with the archaeology on the Removal fort and TOTA Kentucky chapter, they started planning for a in arranging for signs to be placed along John Conoboy assumed the reigns of Conoboy announced his retirement after a joined our staff in mid-January and you’ll camp sites researched by Sarah Hill, retracement experience along the Salem to sections of the Trail located within the Acting Superintendent until I was chosen as 32-year career in the National Park Service. learn more about him in the next newslet- Golconda Road at the site that would include hiking Ph.D., in 2005, so that they can be inter- Nantahala National Forest. Diane Wells, Jere’s successor and became John has been part of the Long Distance ter. He will be spending a good portion of and retracement trails, parking, signing and devel- preted and certified. opment of wayside interpretive exhibits. vice-president of the North Carolina chap- Superintendent in April. I faced many chal- Trails and National Trails System offices his time, as I did (and do), on the Trail of • A publishing program, which will include ter, is working with the state’s Department lenges in my new position, but none was as since 1989. These were critical years in the Tears. And Otis Halfmoon has also accept- Research by chapter members will be cen- the possible reprinting of out-of-print of Transportation to arrange for placement great as development of the Trail of Tears National ed a position in the trails office as tribal liai- tered this in the Livingston County books related to the Removal in Georgia, in other areas. Russell Townsend, Tribal making Historic Trail and the National Trails son expert. Otis will be dividing his time area, centering on John Berry, owner of the publication of new works, and a book Historic Preservation Officer for the the transi- System. I’m sure all of you will join me in between the planning activities we’re Berry’s Ferry, and his land holdings there at for Georgia school children. Eastern Band, has designated a place for a tion from thanking John for his years of dedicated involved in across the trails system, and the Ohio River, as well as the road from • Chapter planning projects, such as a poli- sign on the Qualla Boundary. Support for a member service to the development of the trail and coordinating tribal consultation activities Salem to the river. Ann Day, who was born cies and procedures manual, a chapter construction of signs was provided by the of the wish him well as he begins this new and related to the numerous development proj- and raised in the area, is proving to be very budget, a chapter bylaws revision, and the Cherokee Preservation Foundation. team to exciting stage of life. Happy tunes John! ects we’re doing along the trails. In the helpful on this project. Chapter members formation of a new Outreach Committee leader. I coming months, I hope you all have the Beverly Baker, Alice Murphree, and Darrell to forge alliances with historical societies, The next chapter meeting will be held at anticipat- Other staffing changes have occurred since opportunity to meet and greet Sharon, Latch met late in 2007 to work on the museums, and institutions. the Terrace Hotel at the Lake Junaluska ed a time John’s departure. Dr. Sharon Brown, whom Frank, and Otis and welcome them to the Hopkinsville to Salem route. Of concern is • A project with a dendrochronologist from Assembly Grounds in Waynesville. The of awk- some of you may remember led the Trail of Trail of Tears National Historic Trail. the proposed road-widening along part of the University of West Georgia to defini- meeting is tentatively scheduled to begin at wardness Aaron Mahr, Superintendent of the Tears Interpretive Plan workshop in Big changes, but big opportunities too! the route around Fredonia. National Trails System - tively date possible Cherokee-built struc- 2 p.m. Barbara Duncan, Education Director and diffi- Memphis in 2002, will replace John as my Thanks to all of you for your continued Intermountain Region tures in Georgia. of the Museum of the Cherokee Indian, culty as management assistant. Sharon has been my support, and I’m looking forward to seeing The Kentucky chapter bids a very fond For more information regarding the will present on the Cherokee clothing styles my colleagues and I became familiar with colleague in the trails office since 2001. I you on the trail! farewell to TOTA Executive Director Paul Georgia chapter and its activities, contact of the late 1700s and early 1800s. the new working relationship in our office. know her to be a dedicated, intelligent, Austin. Paul, you will be sorely missed, and Jeff Bishop at [email protected]. However, I was greatly humbled by the sup- compassionate, and modest professional Aaron Mahr you leave behind some HUGE shoes to fill. More Chapter News, pages 4 & 5

2 Trail of Tears National Historic Trail News • March 2008 March 2008 • Trail of Tears National Historic Trail News 3 Trail of Tears Association State Chapter News Trail of Tears Association State Chapter News

Oklahoma Illinois Illinois (continued) Missouri (continued) Alabama (continued) Tennessee (continued) With the new year, the Oklahoma chapter The Illinois chapter held a site-certification Camp Ground Church in Union County. Division of Geology and Land Survey, in chapter members went on a tour of Old Anne Story with the Giles County Trail of has hopes that the legislation introduced in ceremony on Tuesday, January 8th, at the Videotaping, copying, and scanning services Rolla, Missouri. Mr. Brown, who is now Turkeytown near Gadsden, Alabama, led by Tears Memorial Park on both the Bells and Congress for the extension of the Trail of Crabb-Abbott Farm near Grantsburg, will all be available at the Saline County retired from the Division of Geology and Etowah Historical Society members Danny Benge Route, at Lawrenceburg Vicky Tears will be signed into law. This accom- Illinois, with local dignitaries, the entire Museum event to record people’s stories, Land Survey, assisted the NPS with land Crownover and Jerry Jones. Garland on the Bell Route, and at Memphis plishment would extend the National Illinois chapter board of directors, National pictures, and documents. For more infor- survey archives for use in developing the Graydon Swisher on the Bell and other Historic Trail to include the internment Park Service landscape architect Steve mation or directions, please contact Joe Missouri trail segments for the original 1991 On September 8th, Tuscumbia Landing was routes. We are also privileged to have the camps, roads, and forts of the Removal. Burns Chavez, and a crowd of close to 100 Crabb at [email protected] or 618- Trail of Tears National Historic Trail officially dedicated. Otis Halfmoon repre- assistance of Bob Richards, the new trails Also, we look forward to the certification of 949-3355. Comprehensive Management and Use Plan. sented the National Park Service, and there coordinaor of the Tennessee Department of the Woodall/Bushyhead depot and Mrs. The Division of Geology and Land Survey were representatives from the Chickasaw Environment and Conservation. Mr. Webber’s depot. The chapter continues to Arkansas office is located just a mile off I-44 at exit Nation of Oklahoma, the Creek Nation of Richards has applied for grants to redo the search for the other depot sites. 184, about a mile north of the Rolla Visitor’s Oklahoma, the Poarch Creek of Alabama, signage along the auto tour route. The Arkansas chapter’s 2008 schedule Center where the Northern Route of the and several American Indian institutions includes major events to which all TOTA Many Removal documents were researched Trail of Tears went through the area. Mr. and organizations. Representatives from the The Huber Cooperation has committed to members and others are invited: and copied by an Oklahoma chapter Brown spoke about the land surveys and Alabama Historical Commission and the donate 4.5 miles of the Northern Route in • May 3, Little Rock – We celebrate research team on two trips to the National the Northern Route and took questions Alabama Department of Transportation, Arkansas Heritage Month with a 1 p.m. Archives in Washington, D. C., last year. from the audience. Rolla is located between and many local officials were in attendance. program at Old State House Museum, 300 These documents have now been given to Missouri’s newest Trail of Tears National Total attendance reached over 150. W. Markham. Amanda Paige will discuss Dan Littlefield, Ph.D., at the Sequoyah Historic Trail certified sites along the early Arkansas governors and Indian Research Center in Little Rock, Arkansas. Northern Route. The three sites are all On Friday, December 7th, Sharon Freeman, Photo by Cheryl Jett Removal. They are to be made available for research located a few miles off I-44 — Waynesville/ chapter board member and archaeologist The sign is unveiled at the Crabb-Abbott Farm site • July 19, Van Buren – Our 1 p.m. summer by all TOTA members. At least one more certification ceremony. Roubidoux Springs to the west about 25 with the Office of Archaeological Research program at the Crawford County Extension trip is planned to complete the research. The miles, and / Massey Iron at the University of Alabama, with the help office, 105 Pointer Trail West, will focus on chapter thanks Ed and Gwen Henshaw, people in attendance. Also present were Works and the Snelson Brinker Cabin to the of chapter members Larry Benefield, Gail river and road routes through western Jack Baker, Marybelle Chase, Curtis Rohr, reporters and cameramen from television east about 25 miles. King, Marty King, Ellen Mussleman, and Arkansas. We especially hope TOTA mem- Dan Littlefield, and David Hampton for stations affiliated with the three main Larry Smith, as well as many volunteers bers from Oklahoma and Missouri will join their time and dedication to this project. broadcast networks – NBC, CBS, and ABC. The summer Missouri chapter meeting will from the Fort Payne community, set up the us. One topic will be the University of The chapter greatly appreciates Marybelle Newspaper coverage both before and after be held at the Trail of Tears State Park in “chimney site” in downtown Fort Payne for Arkansas’ efforts to restore the Van Buren Chase for organizing the vast amount of the event came from various newspapers Jackson, Missouri, at 1p.m. on July 21, 2008. a Phase I survey. Shovel tests were conduct- home of Indian agent John Drennen. document copies and David Hampton for including the Southern Illinoisan. Trail seg- ed around the chimney site (oral history • September 21-25, Little Rock – A pre- scanning them for back-up purposes. The ments on the Crabb-Abbott Farm were For more information on either meeting or states that it was the military fort, more like- conference research day at UALR’s chapter’s deepest appreciation goes to Dr. researched and identified last fall during a the Missouri chapter, contact either Deloris ly the military headquarters). A 22-foot Photo courtesy of Agnes Jones Sequoyah Research Center will kick off Tennessee First Lady Andrea Conte and Tennessee Littlefield whose help and direction made visit to the farm by TOTA President Jack Gray Wood at (573) 729-2545, deep well, lined with rocks hand-placed in a TOTA’s 13th annual Conference & Chapter President Bill Jones lead chapter members the research possible and successful. The Baker and Steve Burns Chavez. A day of [email protected], or perfect circle, was the highlight of the two on a hike of the Trail of Tears site, the Rocky River Symposium. Under Dan Littlefield’s lead- Crossing in Van Buren County, which was recently chapter feels he is one of the greatest rain did not deter the crowd, and the new Denise Dowling at (573) 290-5268, days spent at the site. A great deal of grati- ership, SRC has amassed the largest collec- placed on the National Register of Historic Places. researchers and assets of TOTA. The chap- NPS sign was unveiled during a moving cer- [email protected]. tude goes to Landmarks for fencing the site. tion of Indian Removal documents outside ter also thanks Jerra Quinton, Paul Austin, emony. Chapter president Sandra Boaz had The chapter will be returning in February Van Buren County to the people of of the National Archives. Little Rock’s and Anna Smith for helping with research researched in Butrick’s Journal to find that to finish the survey. Tennessee this fall, and the information cen- location on routes used by all southeast Alabama during the last trip. on January 8, 1839, similar weather — mild ter at the removal memorial park at Blythe’s tribes promises a diverse program. Area There was a board meeting and member- temperatures with rain — had prevailed. Ferry should be completed by August. sites to see include Mount Holly Cemetery ship meeting at Tuscumbia Landing on Tennessee The next chapter meeting will be held on Butrick wrote of the heavy rain forming where Quatie Ross is buried. August 18th. Those attending from the The Tennessee chapter now has active April 19, 2008, in the ballroom behind the streams of water that found their way The following are the Tennessee chapter Sheffield community expressed their inter- members from east to west Tennessee Restaurant of the Cherokees in Tahlequah, through the tents. meetings for 2008: Of related interest, Little Rock will host the est and support for the upcoming dedica- working to inform people of the removal Oklahoma, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The • June 28, Chapel Hill – 11 a.m. Central Mark your calendars for the spring general Sequoyah Research Center Symposium tion of Tuscumbia Landing. On December and the chapter’s efforts to document and guest speaker will be Dan Littlefield. A Time, Henry Horton State Park, located membership meeting at 1 p.m. on Saturday, October 16-18 and the National Trails 1st, a meeting was held in Fort Payne. The preserve sites and segments of the trail. At break for lunch will divide the meeting into 40 miles south of Nashville on US 31A March 29th, at the Saline County Museum Symposium November 15-18. board voted to hold the 2009 TOTA Knoxville we have Vickie Rozema at the two sessions. Lunch will be on your own. between Chapel Hill and Lewisburg. in Harrisburg, Illinois. The Museum is Conference in Alabama. Sharon Freeman University of Tennessee, at Decatur Shirley • August 9, Birchwood – 11:00 a.m. located at 1600 Feazel Street, just 0.2 miles and Larry Smith presented the program on Lawrence with the Updates from the Trail of Tears Association state Missouri Eastern Time, Blythe Ferry, located just north of U.S. Route 45 South in Harrisburg. potential sites to be certified. Those attend- Memorial Park, on the Cumberland Plateau chapters and their partners will routinely off Hwy. 60 at the Tennessee River, appear in future issues of this newsletter. This will be another oral history collection Norman Brown was the guest speaker at ing from the Fort Payne area were especial- Agnes and Bill Jones with segments along between Dayton and Georgetown. Contact Jerra Quinton, TOTA Associate Director, meeting continuing the Illinois Trail of the spring Missouri chapter meeting on ly interested in hearing about the future of the Mountain route, at Monteagle Doris at [email protected], or at (501) 666-9032, to • November 1, Lawrenceburg – 11:00 a.m. Tears Oral History Project, which the chap- March 1, 2008, in the conference room of the “chimney site” owned by Landmarks of Trevinoon the Bell Route, at Winchester submit information and photographs. Central Time, location to be determined. ter began last April with a kick-off event at the Department of Natural Resources DeKalb County. After the meeting, several Floyd Ayers on the Bell Route, at Pulaski

March 2008 • Trail of Tears National Historic Trail News 5 Conoboy Retires from National Park Service Sequoyah Research Center, Arkansas Chapter to Offer Pre-conference Research Day by Kitty Sloan John Conoboy, chief of interpretation and tional ranger duties in the Kolob Canyon A research day at the University of Arkansas with the conference schedule. Workshop archives. Some of the most recent additions resource management, retired on January section of Zion National Park. From August at Little Rock’s Sequoyah Research Center sessions are free, but pre-registration will be were located by members of the Oklahoma 3rd after 32 years with the NPS. to November 1986, he served as acting will kick-off the September 22-25, 2008, required. chapter during two 2007 research trips to superintendent at Cedar Breaks and for conference of the Trail of Tears Association. Washington, D.C., funded by the National John received a bachelor’s degree in geolo- several years was a member and then a Throughout the TOTA conference, SRC will Park Service’s Challenge Cost Share pro- gy from Case-Western Reserve University team leader for one of the Rocky Mountain Sponsored by TOTA’s Arkansas chapter, the be open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and, by then, gram. An every-name index of all non- in 1967 and did graduate work in geology Region SET teams. Outside of work, he schedule at SRC that Monday, September will be located in new quarters in Suite 500 microfilm Cherokee Removal documents and paleontology at California Institute of served as a volunteer EMT on the Cedar 22, will include Cherokee Trail of Tears pre- of University Plaza at the northeast corner currently at SRC will be ready by the confer- Technology and the University of California City ambulance and was a National Ski sentations with new information on the of Asher and University avenues, now part ence. at Davis. While living in California, John Patrol senior patroller at nearby Brian people of the Benge Detachment and on of the UALR campus. took up hiking, camping, and rock climb- Head Ski Area. the route of the Bell Detachment as clari- At its new location SRC will also have a fied by military journals from Muscogee SRC has amassed the largest collection of ing, spending considerable time in Yosemite For almost two decades, John Conoboy (right) gallery to display selections from the Dr. J.W. and other parks, and like many, would won- John transferred to the Southwest Regional worked in the National Trails System - Santa Fe Removal. There will also be opportunities primary Indian Removal documents outside Wiggins Native American Art Collection. der every time he saw a park ranger – “How Office Planning Division in August 1989 as office. His work in preserving and developing the for researchers to exchange information of the National Archives. The collection national historic trails through partnerships will do I get a job like that?” an outdoor recreation planner for the have a positive effect on the trail system for many about the many removal routes traveled by includes microfilm, photocopies, transcrip- Watch for more details to be posted at newly established Branch of Long Distance decades to come. southeast tribes. Details will be provided tions, and site reports as well as TOTA’s www.ualr.edu/sequoyahcenter. The answer came while teaching science Trails, working on the Santa Fe National LEGISLATION and photography at Sandy Spring Friends Historic Trail. The office soon took over Continued from page 1 Passport to Your National Parks Trail of Tears 2008 Site Participants PNTS to Host Historic Trails Workshop School in Maryland in 1975 when John got responsibility for the Trail of Tears National by Andrea Sharon by Jerra Quinton The Partnership for the National Trails his first NPS job as a seasonal Historic Trail and in 1995 the trail office Congressman Wamp about the legislation. Following is a list of Trail of Tears certi- Kentucky System (PNTS) is hosting a Historic Trails interpreter/park technician at C&O Canal split from the regional office to become a The Congressman was very enthusiastic fied sites that are currently participating • Trail of Tears Commemorative Park Workshop in Phoenix, Arizona, May 6 - 8, National Historical Park. In July of 1976, he field area under a superintendent with John about the bill. He stated, “The real human in the Passport to Your National Parks 2008. The three-day meeting will take place accepted a permanent position at the C & as chief of interpretation and resource side of the Cherokee removal still needs to Program. If you are a certified TRTE site Missouri at the Bureau of Land Management’s O Canal as part of the river safety team. management. The trail office has since be told. While the existing Trail of Tears with a staffed visitor facility (visitor cen- • Mark Twain National Forest-Potosi Training Center and at the Sonoran Desert grown, with the addition of responsibility National Historic Trail routes include trails ter, museum, etc.) and post regularly Ranger Station National Monument. The theme for the In February of 1977, he transferred to for three more national historic trails, the from the collection forts to where the Army scheduled hours of operation, you may • Visitor Center/Moccasin Springs Road/ workshop will be “Historic Trails Mount Rainier NP as a visitor Route 66 corridor preservation program, marched them in Oklahoma, the additional be able to participate in this program. Nancy Hildebrand’s Gravesite in Trail Preservation.” Items that will be discussed, protection/climbing ranger at Paradise. It national trail feasibility studies and plans, trails would show where the original vil- Contact Andrea Sharon at (505) 988- of Tears State Park among others, are strategies, essential tools, was, he says, a quintessential ranger job, as and the NPS Old Santa Fe Trail Building. lages, camps and emigration depots of the 6842 for further details. • Maramec Spring Park applicable laws and regulations, and MET it included emergency medical services, Cherokee once lay to enhance public techniques (mapping, classification, etc.) search and rescue, mountaineering, back- From early January to mid-April 2007, John understanding of American history. Our Alabama North Carolina for trail preservation. country skiing, avalanche prediction/res- served as acting superintendent for the greatness as a nation is our ability to look at • Little River Canyon National Preserve • Museum of the Cherokee Indian cue, interpretation, law enforcement, and Intermountain Region trail offices in Santa our own history objectively, and in proper • Russell Cave National Monument • Cherokee County Historical Museum If you are interested in attending this work- shoveling exceptionally large quantities of Fe and Salt Lake City. John says it has been perspective, being mindful of the errors of • Junaluska Memorial and Museum shop, contact Jerra Quinton at the National snow. When daughter Heather started an exciting opportunity to participate in a the past in order not to repeat them. Arkansas • Great Smoky Mountains National Park TOTA office at (501) 666-9032. TOTA school, he became the Nisqually area period of rapid development of the Through this legislation, we will honor the • Lake Dardanelle State Park chapters are especially encouraged to send ranger at the Longmire District and was in National Trails System, completing numer- historic footsteps taken by the Cherokee, • Mount Nebo State Park Oklahoma at least one representative from their chap- charge of fee collection, campground oper- ous projects with hundreds of trail part- document their courage and highlight their • Petit Jean State Park • Cherokee Heritage Center ter, preferrably someone who is interested ations, road patrol, and area backcountry. ners, making many friends for the National character as a great tribe of strong people. • Pinnacle Mountain State Park • Murrell Home in trail preservation. PNTS will have some He also served on a detail as a protection Park Service beyond traditional NPS units, The Trail of Tears is a tragic story, but prop- • Fort Smith National Historic Site funds available for assistance in getting peo- ranger at Crater Lake National Park in the and helping develop policies and proce- erly told and interpreted, it represents the • Pea Ridge National Military Park Tennessee ple to the event, so please contact Jerra if winter of 1980, where he further honed his dures for administering national trails. development of strong character and deter- • Arkansas Post National Historic Site • Red Clay State Historic Site your chapter cannot afford the cost for ranger skills and snow shoveling technique. mination by the Cherokee people.” Poteete, • Sequoyah Birthplace Museum someone to go. Registration for the event is For several years, John was also a reserve John and his wife Carol, a teacher in Austin, and Quinton met with 3 co-spon- Georgia • Audubon Acres expected to be under $100. police officer for the city of Buckley, Bernalillo, New Mexico, will continue to sors of the bill, as well, during their week in • New Echota State Historic Site • Tennessee River Museum Washington. reside in Corrales, where he will devote Washington—Marion Berry of Arkansas, • Chieftains Museum/Major Ridge Home • Chattanooga Regional History Museum The PNTS has reserved rooms at a special time to playing Irish music, continuing to Phil Gingrey of Georgia, and Dan Boren of • Vann House Historic Site • Stones River National Battlefield room rate of $122 at the Four Points by John became chief ranger at Cedar Breaks serve on the board of directors of Zoukfest Oklahoma. All three were very supportive • Chickamauga and Chattanooga • Great Smoky Mountains National Park Sheraton Phoenix Metrocenter, which is National Monument in June 1982, with (a Santa Fe-based world music camp), of the Trail and of the Association. National Military Park only a few blocks from the BLM Training responsibility for all day-to-day operations reading, traveling, trying to control almost All TRTE States Center. To make your room reservation, call in the monument. These included protec- two acres of tumbleweeds, and other inter- To see the exact language of the bill Illinois • National Trails System - Santa Fe office (602) 997-5900 by the deadline of April tion, interpretation, fee collection, resource ests. John can be reached at Congressman Wamp introduced, visit • Trail of Tears State Forest • Trail of Tears Association National 14, 2008, and ask for the “PNTS Historic management and maintenance, with addi- [email protected]. http://thomas.loc.gov/ and type in the bill Office, Little Rock, AR number (H.R. 5335) in the search engine. Trails Workshop” room block.

6 Trail of Tears National Historic Trail News • March 2008 March 2008 • Trail of Tears National Historic Trail News 7 Are you a current member of TOTA? IMLS Accepting Grant Applications to NANH Museum Services Program If not, please join TOTA today! Application Deadline: April 1, 2008 knowledge, or other professional capacity Applicants are encouraged to contact pro- Membership includes one (1) The Institute of Museum and Library for staff—either paid or volunteer—who gram staff with their questions: MEMBERSHIP FORM state chapter membership. Services (IMLS) is accepting grant applica- provide or manage museum service activi- January - December Please send $10 for each additional state chapter tions to the Native American/Native ties; (3) Enhancement of museum services: Sandra Narva, Senior Program Officer you would like to join. Trail of Tears Association Hawaiian (NANH) Museum Services pro- Support for activities that enable and Phone: 202/653-4634 improve museum services. E-mail: [email protected] 1100 N. University, Suite 143 Basic Individual – $25 gram. NANH promotes enhanced learning Sponsor – $100 Little Rock, AR 72207-6344 Patron – $500 and innovation within museums and muse- Benefactor – $1000 um-related organizations, such as cultural Applicants must apply online through Reagan Furrow, Program Specialist Name Mr. Mrs. Ms. ______Student – $10 copy of college Grants.gov. Awards will be announced in Phone: 202/653-4637 student ID or (for minors) birth centers.The program provides opportuni- Address ______certificate must be enclosed ties for Native American tribes and Native September 2008. For more information, E-mail: [email protected] including guidelines and application, go to: City ______State ______Zip ______Hawaiian organizations to sustain heritage, Payments to the Trail of Tears Association are culture, and knowledge through strength- www.imls.gov/applicants/grants/nativeServi Robert Trio, Program Specialist Phone (Day) ______Fax ______tax deductible under section 501 (c) (3) of ces.shtm. Phone: 202/653-4689 the Internal Revenue code. ened museum services in the areas of pro- E-mail______gramming, professional development, and E-mail: [email protected] IMLS has scheduled an audio-conference State Chapter(s) (Circle): Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee enhancement of museum services. Projects About the Institute of Museum and will benefit their communities and audi- call to give prospective applicants an oppor- Library Services ences by connecting people to ideas, infor- tunity to ask IMLS staff questions pertain- The Institute of Museum and Library Services Vision Becoming Reality - Using Partnerships to Develop the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail mation, and learning experiences. ing to the Native American/Native is the primary source of federal support for In 1987, Congress acknowledged the signif- James Brown Cherokee Plantation, TN Hawaiian Museum Services program. the nation’s 122,000 libraries and 17,500 TOTA State Chapter Contacts museums. The Institute’s mission is to create icance of this tragic event in our Nation’s John Ross House, GA Participants will need the information Grant funding ranges from $5,000-$50,000, strong libraries and museums that connect Junaluska Memorial and Museum, NC Alabama history by establishing the Trail of Tears and is available under the following three below to participate: people to information and ideas. The National Historic Trail. The National Park Lake Dardanelle State Park, AR Gail King 205-672-2074 categories: (1) Programming: Services and Institute works at the national level and in Service administers the Trail in cooperation Major Ridge Ferry Site and Farm Fields, GA E-mail: [email protected] activities that support the educational mis- Date: Wednesday, February 27 coordination with state and local organiza- with federal, state, and local agencies; the Mantle Rock, KY tions to sustain heritage, culture, and knowl- Maramec Spring Park—Massey Iron Works, MO sion of museums and museum-related Time: 3:00 PM EST Cherokee Nation and the Eastern Band of Arkansas edge; enhance learning and innovation; and Dial-In Number: 800-603-9527 Cherokee Indians; interested groups; and Mount Nebo State Park, AR Pat Proctor organizations; (2) Professional development: support professional development. To learn Murrell Home, OK Conference ID: 25779593 private landowners. Phone: 501-324-9232 Education or training that builds skills, more about the Institute, please visit Museum of the Cherokee Indian, NC E-mail: [email protected] www.imls.gov. New Echota State Historic Site, GA The Trail of Tears Association and the Petit Jean State Park, AR Georgia National Park Service National Trails Pinnacle Mountain State Park, AR Jeff Bishop Phone: 706-766-1309 Trail of Tears Trail of Tears National Park Service System Office -Santa Fe have been working Port Royal State Park, TN with Trail partners toincreasevisibilityfor E-mail: [email protected] National Historic Trail Association National Trails System Red Clay State Historic Area, TN Trail Office - Santa Fe the Trail and to develop it for visitor use. of Running Waters John Ridge Property, GA Illinois Tears Old traces, historic buildings, and other Sequoyah Birthplace Museum, TN Sandy Boaz Association resources are being preserved. Many sites Snelson-Brinker Cabin, MO Phone: 618-833-8216 have been certified and numerous on-the- E-mail: [email protected] Trail News is produced by the part- The Trail of Tears Association has The National Trails System Office -Santa Star City Ranch Trail Segment, MO nership of the Trail of Tears Association entered into a cooperative agreement Fe administers the Trail of Tears NHT, ground projects have been completed, such Tennessee River Museum, TN Kentucky and the National Park Service National with the National Park Service to promote the Santa Fe NHT, and the Route 66 as route signing, visitor-use development, Trail of Tears Commemorative Park, KY Corridor Preservation Program. El Camino Beverly Baker Trails System Office - Santa Fe. and engage in the protection and interpretive wayside exhibits, and interior Trail of Tears State Forest, IL preservation of the Trail of Tears NHT Real de Tierra Adentro NHT is adminis- Phone: 270-924-5484 Managing Editor/Designer resources; to promote awareness of the tered jointly by the National Trails museum exhibits at existing facilities. Vann House Historic Site, GA E-mail: [email protected] Jerra Quinton Trail’s legacy, including the effects of System Office-Santa Fe and the New VC/Moccasin Springs Road/NancyHildebrand’s the U.S. Government’s Indian Removal Mexico State Office of the Bureau of Certified Sites Gravesite-Trail of Tears State Park, MO North Carolina Contributors Policy on the Cherokee and other Land Management. These trail and cor- Audubon Acres, TN Waynesville Cherokee Encampment, Anne Rogers Paul Austin, Jack Baker, John Conoboy, tribes; and to perpetuate the manage- ridor programs are administered in Phone: 828-227-2443 Brainerd Mission Cemetery, TN Roubidoux Spring, Waynesville, MO Duane King, Aaron Mahr, Jerra Quinton, ment and development techniques that partnership with American Indian E-mail: [email protected] Andrea Sharon, Kitty Sloan and TOTA Browns Ferry Tavern, TN are consistent with the NPS’s Trail plan. tribes; federal, state, and local agen- Federal Protection Components and state chapters. cies; non-government organizations; Campground Cemetery, IL Tennessee Interpretive Sites Trail of Tears Association and private landowners. Chattanooga Regional History Museum,TN Bill Jones Photographer (unless otherwise noted) Arkansas Post National Memorial, AR Andrea Sharon 1100 North University, Suite 143 Cherokee County Historical Museum, NC Phone: 931-946-7486 National Trails System Office - Santa Fe Berry Ferry, KY E-mail: [email protected] Cherokee Heritage Center, OK Little Rock, Arkansas 72207 PO Box 728 Chieftains Museum/Major Ridge Home, GA Cadron Settlement Park, AR Comments/Address Changes? Missouri Phone Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504 City of Nashville trail routes, TN Cherokee Memorial Park-Blythe Ferry, TN Contact: Jerra Quinton Deloris Gray Wood 800-441-4513 Fort Smith National Historic Site, AR Trail of Tears Association City of North Little Rock Riverfront Park, AR Phone: 573-729-2545 501-666-9032 Phone Great Smoky Mountains National Park, TN 1100 N. University, Suite 143 Coke Ovens Museum Trail Segments, TN E-mail: [email protected] 505-988-6888 Delta Cultural Center, AR Mark Twain National Forest, MO Little Rock, AR 72207-6344 E-Mail Mocassin Bend, TN Oklahoma [email protected] [email protected] Fort Gibson, OK E-Mail Gray's Inn, KY Pea Ridge National Military Park, AR Curtis Rohr Phone: 918-341-4689 Website Website [email protected] The Hermitage, TN Shawnee National Forest, MO E-mail: [email protected] www.nps.gov/trte www.NationalTOTA.org Historic Road from Ross to Ridge's, GA Stones River National Battlefield, TN

8 Trail of Tears National Historic Trail News • March 2008 March 2008 • Trail of Tears National Historic Trail News 9 TOTA Board Members, Staff Visit Smithsonian Facilities TOTA to Hold September Conference in Little Rock Story & Photos by Duane King by Jerra Quinton Trail Calendar On April 13, 2008, while in Washington for gations to Washington. NMAI’s object col- The 13th Annual Trail of Tears Association being planned—an opening reception, the Partnership for the Trails System’s “Hike lection includes several early-to-mid 19th Conference & Symposium will be held at which will kick-off the start of the confer- March 29 Illinois Chapter Meeting, 1 pm the Hill” week, Paul Austin, Jerra Quinton, century Cherokee hunting coats made from the Doubletree Hotel in downtown Little ence, on Monday night at Historic Arkansas Saline County Museum, Harrisburg, IL Troy Poteete and Duane King toured the deerskin. One memorable item is an elabo- Rock, Arkansas, September 22-25, 2008. Museum, and a second one on Tuesday collection facilities of the Smithsonian rately beaded bandolier bag. It is believed The Sequoyah Research Center will also night at the Old State House Museum April 5 Alabama Chapter Meeting, 10 am Institution’s National Museum of Natural to be Cherokee and dates to before the host a research day on that Monday (see where there will also be a book signing. Guntersville State Park Lodge, Guntersville, IL History and the National Museum of the removal. The words “For Genl. Jackson article, page 7). American Indian in Suitland, Maryland. from Sam Houston” are embroidered TOTA has reserved rooms for the nights of April 19 Oklahoma Chapter Meeting, 10 am - 2 pm under the flap. In retrospect, the visit pro- The two museums together hold the finest Anticipated presentations include: the first September 21–24, for a special room rate of Ballroom behind Restaurant of the assemblage of Native American material in vided an insightful glimpse of Cherokee Creek removal in the 1820s; conservation/ $76 for single occupancy ($10 per addition- Cherokees, Tahlequah, OK the world. Of particular interest to friends treasures held in our national museums that preservation; Little Rock Office of Removal al occupant). To make your room reserva- North Carolina Chapter Meeting, 2 pm of the Trail of Tears Association is the 19th can be used to enhance the public under- and Subsistence; Chickasaw removal; tions, call 1-800-222-TREE (8733) or (501) Terrace Hotel, Lake Junaluska Assembly century Cherokee material. The National standing of Cherokee culture and history. Cherokee removal in northwest Arkansas 372-4371. Be sure to ask for the “Trail of Grounds, Waynesville, NC Anthropological Archives has an outstand- and the disbandment depots in eastern Tears” room block in order to get this spe- May 3 ing collection of historical photographs Oklahoma; Removal interpretation sensitiv- cial rate. Dance mask Arkansas Chapter Meeting, 1pm including hundreds taken by James ity; and Arkansas Indian removals of the Old State House Museum, Little Rock, AR Mooney, a Smithsonian ethnologist, who Quapaw, Osage, and Caddo tribes. In addi- Look for registration materials in the mail May 6 - 8 regularly visited the Qualla Boundary and online at nationalTOTA.org later this tion, a field trip on the Arkansas River is PNTS Historic Trails Workshop between 1887 and 1912, and published the being coordinated. Two receptions are summer. BLM Training Center, Phoenix, AZ classic works, Cherokee Sacred Formulas, in May 10 1891 and the Myths of the Cherokee, in 1900. Austin Takes New Position with AR Humanities Council Georgia Chapter Meeting & Picnic, 10:30 am He photographed ball games, dances, and Steatite smoking pipe Big Spring Park, Cedartown, GA individuals that he met. He also collected March 14, 2008 will be Paul Austin’s last June 28 items associated with ball games, cere- day with the American Indian Center of Arkansas and the Trail of Tears Association. Tennessee Chapter Meeting, 11 am Central monies and everyday life. The items in the Henry Horton State Park, Chapel Hill, TN Smithsonian collections brought back by Paul has been appointed executive director Mooney include dance masks, eagle wands, of the Arkansas Humanities Council. July 12 Georgia Chapter Meeting, 10:30 am water drums, rattles, ball sticks, steatite Clinton Preserve or Sweetwater Creek Park, smoking pipes, pottery and basketry. This Paul has served as executive director of Douglas County, GA material is housed at Natural History’s AICA for 24 years, and for the last 12 years he has also served as executive director of July 19 Museum Support Center which is next Arkansas Chapter Meeting, 1:00 pm door to the Cultural Resources Center of TOTA. During his tenure, TOTA has grown Crawford County Extension Office, Van the National Museum of the American from an idea of the advisory council into Buren, AR the important organization it is today—one Indian. The NMAI collection consists of After 24 years with the American Indian Center of July 21 more that 110,000 historic photographs and that has established chapters in each of the Arkansas, Paul Austin will begin his new position as Missouri Chapter Meeting, 1:00 pm nine states; successfully lobbied Congress executive director of the Arkansas Humanities Trail of Tears State Park, Jackson, MO more than 800,000 objects related to Native Council on March 17, 2008. Dance mask to increase the budget for the Trail of Tears Americans. The collection contains a large August 9 number of 19th century photographs of National Historic Trail; developed true accomplished by so few with so little Tennessee Chapter Meeting, 11 am Eastern Cherokee people in North Carolina and Moccasins partnerships with the Cherokee Nation, the resources, with only their passion for the Blythe’s Ferry, Birchwood, TN Eastern Band of Cherokees and the story of the Trail of Tears and a commit- Oklahoma, including some of visiting dele- September 13 National Park Service; created the success- ment that the story will be told correctly Georgia Chapter Meeting, 2 pm ful and popular annual Trail of Tears and never be forgotten. I want particularly Etowah Mounds, Cartersville, GA Conference and Symposium; and created to thank the boards of Trail of Tears September 21 an exciting and useful web page and Association and the American Indian Pre-conference Research Day, Time TBD newsletter for members and the public. Center of Arkansas for all their support Sequoyah Research Center, Little Rock, AR over the years. It has been an honor to work September 22-25 Upon reflection, Paul says, “It has truly for such great people.” 13th Annual TOTA Conference & Symposium been a joy to work with all the wonderful DoubleTree Hotel, Little Rock, AR people involved with the Trail of Tears Paul’s first day at the Arkansas Humanities Look for info at nationaltota.org/general- info/conf-info/ Association. I have made many lifelong Council will be March 17, 2008. If you friends, and I know that I will always be a would like to stay in touch with Paul, his November 15 - 18 part of the Association and committed to its new work number will be 501-221-0091, Sequoyah Research Center Symposium, Little Rock, AR good work. Looking back over the past 12 and his email address will remain Kanuga (scratcher made from turkey bone) Deerskin beaded hunting coat years, I am amazed by what has been [email protected] for a while to come.

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