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63 Camp Ground McGinnis of Tears Cemetery ver REMOVAL CAMPS Trail Segment Ri Northern Most are forcibly removed from their

Hildebrand Berry’s Ferry homes in , , , and North Route Bollinger Route Jackson Carolina to US Army camps and forts. They are Northern Hill Mantle then moved to more centrally located removal

Ohio Route camps in Tennessee and Alabama. Weakened by Cape Girardeau disease, they wait for months to start the 800-mile Springfield JACKSON AREA 60 57 journey to Indian . Wilson's Creek Greens Ferry Road National Battlefield New Madrid Riverfront State Park 24 TRAIL’S END Old Greenville Cu Paducah Green m The last detachment arrives in Indian Recreation Area ROSS’S LANDING be rland

Territory on March 24, 1839. The Cherokee 60 Location: Present-day Chattanooga, Stone Fort Definace T e 62 are promised subsistence rations through State Park n Tennessee. From 6 to June 17, 1838, Historical Society , 1840, in compliance with the Treaty BENGE ROUTE n Hopkinsville Commemorative Park three detachments are forced to leave e Riv 65 Columbus-Belmont s er of . Starting from Fort Payne, on 60 s 41 their for . State Park e 71 28, 1838, Cherokee leader John Benge e

Gray's Inn Pea Ridge escorts 1,079 Cherokee toward present-

FORT CASS National day Stilwell, . VANN’S 160 Location: Present-day Charleston, Military Polson Cemetery Port Royal State Park Location: Present-day Wolftever Creek, Park 63 Tennessee. From to

Benge Tennessee. Two detachments totaling 79 December 5, 1838, 10 detachments

Disbandment Route 65 1,642 Cherokee leave in September 1838 totaling 9,302 Cherokee are 24

44 62 bound for Indian Territory. Routes marched from toward

FAYETTEVILLE AREA 62 81 Indian Territory.

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Shiloh of Ozark History

WESTVILLE AREA R Trail of Tears Park i v Tulsa Reverend Bushyhead Grave 49 e Nashville 40 Location: Meigs County, Woodhall Homeplace r 40 Fayetteville Tennessee. Nine detachments Knoxville 69 Westville with more than 9,000 Indians 40 Nathan Bedford TENNESSEE Tahlequah 40 cross the . (see list and note below) Forrest State Park East Fork Recreation Area Mrs. Webber's Grove 411 Plantation Battlefield State Park Great Stilwell Mountains R Evansville National Battlefield is er CHARLESTON AREA o v Route n 59 i i R Heritage Center Drew Route l 65 Batesville l 49

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overland water route Cabin 43 CHATTANOOGA AREA Birthplace Cherokee i Starting from Fort Cass on 75 40 p 11, 1838, John Bell of the Treaty Audubon Acres/Spring Cabin Museum Van Buren ip 167 s Party 660 Cherokee, ending Cemetery Blythe Ferry Memorial 40 is Fort A s Brown’s Ferry Tavern Site rk s at present-day Evansville, . and Museum a 55 i Lindsay ns John Ross House 19 a M Calhoun TAHLEQUAH AREA s r ARKANSAS Fort Rive Bell David Crockett Ross's Landing Conrad National Historic Site Russellville Vann’s Plantation Sewanee Charleston Unicoi Fort Coffee 64 Route State Park Cabin Fort Delaney Hunter’s Home (see list above) Hiw Turnpike Fort Smith Wynne Mud Island 72 Chattanooga assee R Illinois Campground State Park W Murphy 64 Creek 24 (see nearby list) o 64 River Park lf Park Hill Mission Cemetery t Fort Butler State Park Tennessee River Museum e Cadron Settlement Park v Cherokee County Ross Cemetery C e 49 Memphis National 43 r r 64 Historical Museum Military Park Red State Historic Park TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA Chickamauga and The Cherokee National Council 40 Chattanooga National 67 Waterloo Landing Drane Route Military Park designates Tahlequah as the overland water route r Chief Vann House Historic Site capital of the e 55 v on October 19, 1841. 72 i R Roundup Little Rock 79 Sheffield Fort Cumming North Little Rock 27 Routes Riverfront Park S 565 Huntsville p r 411 Fort Newnan i n Fort Wool g

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OKLAHOMA k e e k n (see nearby list) State Historic Site a The water routes were punishing—3,103 n GEORGIA n Deas-Whiteley Route es s departed, 2,273 arrived at Mrs. Webber’s se a overland water route 231 e s Plantation, Lee’s Creek (near Stilwell), Funk Heritage

165 530 Guntersville 75 Center Fort Coffee, and Illinois Campground Riv Rome er Water (near Tahlequah). FORT PAYNE AREA Route ALABAMA Andrew Ross Home 431 / 85 Fort Payne Cabin Site Home Willstown Mission Cemetery National Cedar Cherokee Garden at Memorial 65 Encampment Green Meadows Preserve 59 National Battlefield Park

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