Trail of Tears National Historic Trail
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NPS Conducts Public Scoping Meetings for Extension of Trail by John Conoboy Between July 10 and July 19, National Trails Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Attendance at the System – Santa Fe Superintendent Aaron meetings was much higher than usual for Mahr and Chief of Interpretation and this type of event, which indicates the strong Resource Management John Conoboy con- interest in the trail. A number of staff from ducted public scoping meetings for the fea- Congressional offices attended, as did the sibility study to determine if the additional mayors of several towns. Many Trail of Tears routes of Cherokee Removal can be added Association members helped with meeting to the existing Trail of Tears National arrangements and attendance at the meet- Historic Trail. After many years of effort, ings by Association members was very good. We were very pleased to have Vice Chief Larry Blythe from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians at the meeting in Murphy and Deputy Chief Joe Grayson and several tribal council members in Tahlequah. Photo by Marty King During the meetings, we explained that we NPS National Trails System Office Superintendent Aaron Mahr refers to a map detailing to proposed have been looking at these routes for many additions to the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail. years and, along with the earlier study, we Or you can email [email protected] believe that they meet most of the criteria for orOr ca youll 505-988-6733. can email [email protected] designation in the National Trails System or call 505-988-6733. Act. What we cannot know without public We hope to have a draft of the study avail input is whether or not this is something We hope to have a draft of the study avail- ableable forfor publicpublic reviewreview byby October,October, and and if if that the public feels is desirable and suit- therethere areare nono majormajor issues issues able, and we need to evaluate the possible oror problems,problems, thethe studystudy affects of designation on the environment. willwill bebe finalizedfinalized inin earlyearly NovemberNovember andand Support for the addition of the new routes Photo by Marty King transmitttransmitteded to This NPS public hearing in Fort Payne, Alabama, was to the national historic trail was strong at all Congress.to Congress. the largest meeting of the 12 held across the states meetings. No one spoke in opposition. that would be affected by the additions to the Trail. Frequent issues were the need to tell the legislation authorizing the study was passed whole story of removal, the need to educate INSIDE THIS ISSUE children about the trail, the need to pre- by Congress last fall with support from the • TOTA President’s Message...... 2 Trail of Tears Association, Cherokee serve the places where events happen so NPS Superintendent’s Message...... 2 Nation, and Eastern Band of Cherokee. the history is not forgotten, and the need for the public to learn the true story of this TOTA Chapter News...... 3-5 part of American history. Meetings were held in Murphy, North Report from Sequoyah Research Carolina; Chattanooga, Pulaski, and Center...... 7 Memphis, Tennessee; Calhoun, Georgia; Comments will be accepted until August 9th. You can comment online by going to Cherokee National Historical Society Fort Payne and Sheffield, Alabama; Membership...... 7 Mayfield, Kentucky; Poplar Bluff, Missouri; www.nps.gov/trte or parkplanning.nps.gov Trail Calendar...... 7 Batesville and Little Rock, Arkansas; and and following links to the comment page.
Newsletter of the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail Partnership • August 2007 - Number 11 Trail of Tears Association President’s Message Trail of Tears Association State Chapter News
The twelve public hearings on Public Law hearing in North Carolina, and I appreciate all of their work on the Trail of Tears Oklahoma Tennessee (continued) Illinois (continued) 109-378, which requires the National Park their taking time out to attend the hearing National Historic Trail. We owe much of The Oklahoma chapter recently completed were given to the participants, and every- close to a dozen being interviewed on-cam- Service (NPS) to study the feasibility and in Oklahoma. There were many positive our progress on the Trail to their efforts. a week of research at the National Archives one was anxious to see the locations and era to tell their family stories. Media cover- suitability of adding certain routes and seg- comments made in this hearing. in College Park, Maryland. Among the how chapter members participated in help- age included a major article in the Centralia ments to the Trail of Tears National Historic Also, congratulations to Aaron for being members on the project were Marybelle ing with this project. Hats off to all that Sentinel and a news feature on WSIU-TV Trail, have been concluded. I appreciate I also want to named as Superintendent. We look forward Chase, Ed and Gwen Henshaw, Jack Baker, took part. Carbondale. Other individuals wishing to be everyone who attended these hearings and express my appre- to continuing our work with you. We cer- and Curtis Rohr. They were joined at the interviewed have contacted board members their positive comments on expanding the ciation to the tainly appreciate all of the hard work that archives by Patsy and John Edgar, Paul The chapter would like to thank Cleta since the event. Additional oral history Trail. The NPS stated that there were no Superintendent of his predecessor, Jere Krakow, put into the Austin, Jerra Quinton, and Anna Smith. Townsend for hosting the meeting at meetings are being scheduled. Board mem- negative comments in any of the hearings. the National Trails development of the Trail. As a side-note, Patsy is on the national board of the Trail of Audubon Acres in Chattanooga. The chap- ber Gary Hacker was interviewed about the System – Jere seems to be enjoying his retirement. It Tears Association, and Anna is president of ter held a general membership meeting on Trail by a reporter from WGN-TV Chicago I attended the final hearing which was held Intermountain was my pleasure in early July to meet Jere the Moravian Cherokee Historical Society July 28th, in McMinnville, Tennessee, at the and the feature aired on their evening news. in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, on July 19th. Region, Aaron and his wife, Jan, in Tahlequah for dinner in Salem, North Carolina. This research Chamber of Commerce. Chapter member, There were roughly forty-plus attendees Mahr, and the and for the evening performance of Under project began last year under the leadership James Dillon, a Warren County historian, On June 9th, the Illinois chapter presented a including the Deputy Chief of the Cherokee Deputy the Cherokee Moon at the Cherokee of Dr. Dan Littlefield of the Sequoyah spoke at the meeting. symposium at the Genealogy Society of Nation, Joe Grayson, and the Cherokee Superintendent, Jack Baker, President of the Heritage Center. Trail of Tears Association Research Center in Little Rock, Arkansas. Southern Illinois’ annual convention at John Nation’s First Lady, Bobbie Smith. (The John Conoboy, for The project consisted of researching the The chapter thanks all who attended the A. Logan College in Marion, Illinois. Principal Chief was out of town.) Also all of their hard work on these meetings. It I look forward to seeing all of you at our treasury and payroll records housed in the public scoping meetings for the National President Sandra Boaz and board members attending were several individuals from was a rough schedule for them – twelve annual conference on November 5 – 8 in National Archives at College Park to gain Historic Trail Feasibility Study, as well as Joe Crabb, Sue Glasco, and Gary Hacker North Carolina who were in Tahlequah for meetings in eight states in ten days! Thanks, Rome, Georgia! information pertaining to the forced NPS staff Aaron Mahr and John Conoboy spoke on the formation of the Trail of Tears meetings with the Cherokee Nation. These guys! Too often we forget to recognize the removal of the Indians from the eastern for their job well done through the state of Association and the Illinois chapter and on persons had not been able to attend the employees of the National Trails System for Jack D. Baker United States to Oklahoma/Indian Territory. Tennessee. Participation was very good. the Trail across Illinois. Board member Many documents and records copied will Harvey Henson gave a presentation on the be organized, scanned, and forwarded to Indian Summer Days will take place on remote sensing project he is directing at National Trails System Office Superintendent’s Message the Sequoyah Research Center so that oth- October 4 - 7, 2007, at the Chattanooga Camp Ground Cemetery. The summer gen- ers may access this information. Audubon Society, 900 N. Sanctuary Road, eral membership meeting was held June Hello to all of you on the Trail of Tears predecessor, Jere Krakow, who retired from adding additional routes to the Trail of from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The chapter will 23rd at the Newberry Library in Chicago, National Historic Trail! It’s an honor and the NPS in January. I think most of you will Tears National Historic Trail. You can read The Oklahoma chapter held the spring meet- have a tent and need help manning it. If you with Raymond Fogelson, anthropology pro- privilege to be greeting you as the agree that Jere’s common sense approach, more about that process on page 1. Also, we ing on March 31, 2007, at Dwight Mission would like to volunteer, contact Bill or fessor at University of Chicago, presenting Superintendent of combined with his extensive knowledge are currently in the process of evaluating near Sallisaw, Oklahoma. Some 50-plus Agnes Jones at 931-946-7486. the program. the National Park and experience, restored and strengthened applicants for the historian’s position in the members were in attendance. The special Service’s National the partnership that exists today between office—my old job! If all goes well, we On September 8th and 9th, for the third speaker was Warren Schaub whose father Trails System Office- the NPS and its many partners along the should have a new historian by the fall, and year in a row, we will have a membership had been the director of the mission and Intermountain Trail of Tears, including your association. I he or she should be able to attend the sym- and information booth at the Cahokia school in 1911. Region. The breadth hope to have many opportunities in the posium in Rome, Georgia, in November. Mounds Pow Wow at Cahokia Mounds of my new responsi- future to elaborate on what my vision is for Other noteworthy projects include the State Historic Site in Collinsville, Illinois. The chapter met with Andrea Sharon of the Aaron Mahr, bilities are humbling Trail of Tears National Historic Trail. At this completion of the Ridge Home/Chieftains Superintendent of the National Park Service on June 8, 2007, in National Trails System - and challenging. Out point though, I want to assure all of you Museum Cultural Landscape/Historic Mark your calendars for the fall meeting on Tahlequah. At this time, we visited the Intermountain Region of our offices in that my goal is that the outstanding staff of Structure Report, and the signing of the October 6th at the Methodist Church in Woodall/Bushyhead Depot site near Santa Fe, New the National Trails System Office will con- Memorandum of Understanding between Golconda, Illinois. Tony Gerard, historical Westville, Oklahoma, and the Mrs. Mexico, and Salt Lake City, Utah, the staff tinue to provide the highest level of cus- the NPS and the Governor of Tennessee. re-enactor, will present an inspiring pro- Webbers/Colonel Adair Depot site at Photo courtesy of Agnes Jones is responsible for administering nine of our tomer service to all of you as you work to All of us are anxiously monitoring the gram. For more information or directions Stillwell, Oklahoma. Both are in the process Individuals from Tennessee gather at the nation’s national historic trails, including reach your goals for the development of the development of the Trail of Tears interpre- Chattanooga public scoping meeting held by the please contact Sandra Boaz at of being designated as Trail of Tears the Trail of Tears, and managing the Route trail. My efforts will go towards making tive video. As of this writing, a script has NPS. (L-R) Front Row: Shelley Andrews, Shirley [email protected] or 618-833-8216, or National Historic Trail certified sites. Lawrence, Jonathan Smith, Agnes Jones, and Bill 66 Corridor Preservation Program. Our sure that all of us are proud and satisfied been approved, and the filmmakers are Jones. Back Row: John Conoboy, Cleata Townsend, Joe Crabb at [email protected] or office also manages the Old Santa Fe Trail with the great relationship between the developing a production schedule. We are Carlos Wilson, Tammera Hicks, Lawrence Alexander, 618-949-3355. We hope to see many of you at the national Wally Leary, and Aaron Mahr. Building, a beautiful Civilian Conservation National Park Service and the Trail of Tears anticipating a completion date of fall 2008. conference in Rome, Georgia, in November. Corps constructed adobe office building Association. An article on the garnering of state aware- and National Historic Landmark property I look forward to continuing to work with Illinois ness and support of the Trail through Tennessee Illinois, written by board member Cheryl that is also home to our Santa Fe office. The NPS is involved in several significant all of you and hope to see you or talk to you The Illinois chapter held their Oral History Jett, will appear in the fall issue of the issues along the trail right now. Most soon. If you’re in Santa Fe, be sure to stop “Postcards,” a short segment about Trail Project kickoff April 14th with a general Forum Journal, a publication of the One of my greatest challenges will be to important is the completion of the in and say hello! sites in Tennessee, was aired on Channel 2 membership meeting at Camp Ground National Trust for Historic Preservation. maintain the high level of professionalism, Feasibility Study Amendment which will out of Nashville and several chapter mem- Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Union dedication, and good will established by my evaluate the feasibility and suitability of Aaron Mahr bers were involved with the project. CDs County. Fifty-five people attended with More Chapter News, pages 4 & 5
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Kentucky Arkansas (continued) Arkansas (continued) North Carolina (continued) Georgia (continued) Alabama (continued) Radford Farm Site in Todd County was sub- The chapter will be erecting two interpretive The Arkansas chapter would like to intro- will make up the signs that will soon be Georgia. This is the first collection site recog- placed on the National Historic Trail in mitted to the National Park Service for cer- panels at Historic Washington State Park. duce Glenn Jones as our new national placed at sites along the route of the Trail. nition by the NPS in the state of Georgia. Alabama. Chapter member Ellen tification in early fall of 2006. The chapter is The panels are funded, in part, by the board member and Dr. Dan Littlefield as These are very impressive and will help to tell Musselman’s nomination of the site was at anxiously awaiting information on this site National Endowment for the Humanities research coordinator for the chapter. the story of the Removal of the Cherokee Our chapter holds bi-monthly meetings at last a reality. Chapter members Gail King mentioned in Daniel Buttrick’s journal. Dr. and Arkansas Humanities Council. The people to travelers throughout the area as various locations around North Georgia to and Robert Thrower supported Ellen’s Darrell Latch assisted researchers on this panels will depict Choctaw removal through Missouri well as to those who presently live there. accommodate our membership located nomination by utilizing every opportunity project. Washington, Arkansas, in 1831-1834. Aaron Mahr and John Conoboy of the around this area. The last meeting was held to communicate their concerns about the The program was presented by T. J. Holland, National Park Service hosted a public scop- in Dahlonega, Georgia, the site of the 1830’s nomination with the National Park Service an Eastern Band member and Director and A general membership meeting was held in ing meeting at the Popular Bluff Chamber gold rush. Dr. Sarah Hill provided an inter- and the city of Sheffield. Tuscumbia Curator of the Junaluska Memorial Museum. Paducah in May at the McCracken County of Commerce meeting room at 5:30 p.m., esting and informative program on the Landing is a nearly pristine site because it is He spoke on the life and legacy of Junaluska. Public Library. The program included guest July 16th. The crowd contributed a good removal of Georgia Cherokees. Her presen- part of a park in the city of Sheffield that This was especially appropriate, as the speaker Penny Fields who talked on geneal- discussion about the Benge Route and con- tation dealt with many questions surround- has been closed for several years. A dedica- Graham County Library is situated on ogy. A discussion was held on the removal tributed information for the Congressional ing the removal and documentation infor- tion ceremony is being planned by the city property that once belonged to Junaluska. water routes and incidents focusing on mandated feasibility study. mation recently discovered in her ongoing in conjunction with the NPS, the city of Paducah. The chapter would like to thank Photo courtesy of John McLarty research. Our next membership meeting Tuscumbia, tribal representatives, persons The fall meeting of North Carolina chapter Dr. Dan Littlefield of the Sequoyah Attendees at an Arkansas chapter meeting at the will be on September 8th in Cartersville, involved with the Landing over the years, Shiloh Museum look at Cross Hollow maps and Trail of Tears State Park was the site of the is scheduled to be held in Cherokee on Research Center in Little Rock, Arkansas, Georgia, with a program about the local his- and the Alabama chapter. The ceremony is overlays. July 28th meeting. Denise Dowling and October 6, 2007. The place and time are yet for his assistance in providing much of the tory of Bartow County. scheduled for the morning of September Hershel Price gave an overview of the to be determined, but members will be information for this program. The city of Morrilton is developing a new 8th, immediately followed by a walk along National Historic Trail that goes through notified well in advance. October 6th is the park on the Arkansas River, Lewisburg Park, We look forward to hosting the national the route used to take the Cherokee, Creek, the park and the National Historic site in final day of the annual Cherokee Fall Fair, A scoping meeting was held by the NPS at which will include Trail of Tears interpreta- conference and offer anyone needing any and Chickasaw to Tuscumbia Landing to the park and a tour of the trail and the site. and those who attend the meeting may want Mayfield, Kentucky, on July 16th, regarding tion. The Whiteley and Drane parties of information for their visits here to contact put them on steamboats or keelboats; how- Deloris Gray Wood facilitated a strategic to visit the Fair as well. There is also a Trail the feasibility study of adding additional Cherokee camped here in 1838. Tommy Cox at [email protected], ever, this time the walk will be in reverse to plan on the Benge Route identifying places of Tears exhibit on display at the Museum routes and segments to the Trail of Tears Linda Baker at [email protected], or Dola signify the return of those who were and resources along the route. of the Cherokee Indian. National Historic rail. A number of TOTA The chapter’s Northwest Arkansas research Davis at [email protected]. removed from Alabama. team is working with the current owners of members and other interested individuals Snelson-Brinker, the newest certified site Fitzgerald’s farmstead toward certification Georgia attended. along the Northern Route of the Trail of NPS public scoping meetings took place on on the Northern Route. A site report is Tears National Historic Trail, got a new The Georgia chapter is busy planning for July 12th in the cities of Fort Payne and being developed by the research team. Chapter board members serving for anoth- facelift after a workday held June 16th after the annual conference in November in Sheffield, Alabama. The turnout in Fort Fitzgerald’s is specifically mentioned in the er year are Beverly Baker, President; Carla another workday was scheduled that was Rome, Georgia. Rome’s history and attrac- Payne was over 80 people. The meeting in diary of William I. Morrow, a physician Hildebrand, Vice President; Tammy rained out April 14. Trees were trimmed so tions will interest all who visit. There is Sheffield was attended by approximately 38 with the Richard Taylor detachment. The Winters, Secretary/Treasurer; and board the graveyard is visible to visitors to the something for everyone, including people. Thank you to all chapter members NWA research team is currently focusing members Ann Day, Ann Read, Shelly cabin and from Highway 8. Chieftains Museum/Major Ridge Home, the who attended the meetings. Morris, and Alice Murphree. on three additional sites mentioned in the road between the Major Ridge home and Morrow diary: Cross Hollow (near Lowell), the John Ross home, Barnsley Gardens, Photo courtesy of Tommy Cox Please take a moment to write and thank your North Carolina Two Georgia chapter members, Linda Turner (right) The fall general membership meeting is Cunningham’s (near Mt. Comfort) and antique shopping in nearby Cave Springs congressmen for co-sponsoring the bills for and Doris Blaylock, sell plants to raise money for Thommasson’s (near Old Cincinnati). the feasibility study. scheduled for Saturday, October 20, 2007, at The North Carolina chapter of the Trail of where David Vann built a beautiful planta- the chapter. 11:00 a.m., and is set for Columbus- Tears Association met on the afternoon of tion home, Berry College (largest campus in Senators: Belmont State Park on the Mississippi River The board of the Arkansas chapter met at June 23 in Robbinsville, North Carolina. the world and Martha Berry’s historic Tom Coburn [OK] – Sponsor Alabama Lamar Alexander [TN] at the site of the Benge Route river crossing. the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History on The meeting was held at the Graham home), scenic downtown Rome with its The Alabama chapter met on February 24th Bill Frist [TN] The focus of the meeting will be the Benge April 14th. The board discussed newly County Public Library. Several of the mem- many shops, parks and rivers, and many at the Birmingham Museum of Art. The Representatives: Route. researched segments of the Trail in the bers participated in a walk that took place other interesting sites within a short drive of program focused on preliminary informa- Zach Wamp [TN-3] – Sponsor Northwest part of the state. It was discov- on the actual Trail that morning. The walk, Rome. Come and enjoy the hospitality of Robert Aderholt [AL-4] Frank Lucas [OK-3] tion on research of the Cherokee roundup Arkansas ered that a segment of the Trail coincides which began at Tatham Gap and covered this beautiful and colorful city. Marion Berry [AR-1] Charles Norwood [GA-9] in Alabama, internment camps and forts, John Boozman[AR-3] Charles Taylor [NC-11] with the property of the Shiloh Museum. seven miles, was led by Shirley Oswalt, a The National Park Service held two public and the route from Fort Payne taken by the Dan Boren [OK-2] Vic Snyder [AR-2] member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee At present the chapter is planning a dedica- Tom Cole [OK-4] John Sullivan [OK-1] meetings in Arkansas regarding the proposed Benge Detachment. On June 17th members Robert Cramer, Jr. [AL-5] Ed Whitfield [KY-1] On July 21st, Lake Dardanelle State Park Indians. This is an annual event. Among the tion service on the afternoon of Monday, National Historic Trail expansion. The met again at the Museum. The program Lincoln Davis [TN-4] hosted a chapter meeting. The program North Carolina chapter members who par- November 5th, which is the first day of the Nathan Deal [GA-10] meetings were attended by approximately concentrated on road, ferries, and sites of included a flute concert by Will Lang, a site ticipated were Chief Michell Hicks and conference. The National Parks Service, John Duncan, Jr. [TN-2] 90 people. A follow-up meeting will be held Jo Ann Emerson [MO-8] Tribal Council Member Marie Junaluska. with the assistance of local officials and the the Cherokee forced removal in Alabama. in Batesville at the Old Independence report from Northwest Arkansas Regional Harold Ford, Jr. [TN-9] Planning Commission, and a new trail map GA chapter, plans to erect two signs to com- Phil Gingrey [GA-11] Museum, September 15th, at 10:00 a.m. Following the business meeting, Brett Riggs On April 15th, Tuscumbia Landing in John Linder [GA-7] of the Charleston area by Dusty Helbling. memorate a collection site in Cedartown, showed the group the text and drawings that northwest Alabama was the first site to be
4 Trail of Tears National Historic Trail New August 2007 August 2007 Trail of Tears National Historic Trail News 5 Are you a current member of TOTA? Report from Sequoyah Research Center If not, please join TOTA today! Trail Calendar by Daniel Littlefield, Ph.D. August 18 The first meeting of the City of Little The new space will contain a gallery for MEMBERSHIP FORM ANNUAL Alabama Chapter Meetings Rock’s committee to develop a plan to rotation of exhibits from the Dr. J. W. MEMBERSHIP DUES Tuscumbia Landing, Park West, Sheffield, AL make the Junction Bridge a pedestrian river Wiggins Native American Art Collection as January - December 10:00 a.m. Board Meeting 10:30 a.m. Membership Meeting crossing was held on Thursday, July 12. The well as provide about three times as much Trail of Tears Association $25.00 Program: Significance of Tuscumbia Landing committee, consisting of Little Rock offi- storage and work space as the Center now 1100 N. University, Suite 143 cials, interested citizens, and others laid occupies. The Center will post regular Little Rock, AR 72207-6344 September 7–9 Membership includes one (1) Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site Pow-Wow groundwork for the development of the gallery hours for the convenience of the state chapter membership. Collinsville, Illinois former railroad bridge that connects the public. Extensive parking area is available, Name Mr. Mrs. Ms. ______Please send $10 for River Market district of downtown Little practically at the front door. each additional state chapter September 7–11 Address ______you would like to join. Conference on Nat’l Scenic & Historic Trails Rock and downtown North Little Rock. City ______State ______Zip ______Partnership for the National Trails System Because the bridge is footed in the historic Thanks to grant funding, a student intern Payments to the Trail of Tears Association are Duluth, MN Phone (Day) ______Fax ______Little Rock, the group engaged historians in has been assigned to the Indian Removal tax deductible under section 501 (c) (3) of Register at nationaltrailspartnership.org the Internal Revenue code. Research Collection that the Sequoyah E-mail______the process to include interpretation of the September 8 rock’s history. Daniel Littlefield of the Center has amassed during the past two State Chapter(s) (Circle): Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee Tuscumbia Landing Dedication, Sheffield, AL Sequoyah Research Center represented the years. His task will be to work with Director 8:00 a.m. Tour of Tuscumbia Landing 9:00 a.m. Dedication Ceremony Arkansas Chapter of the Trail of Tears Daniel Littlefield to organize the collection Vision Becoming Reality - Using Partnerships to Develop the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail 10:30 a.m. Commemorative Walk Association in the planning process. The and index the content, particularly the hun- work must be done within the next ten dreds of receipts that have been retrieved In 1987, Congress acknowledged the signif- James Brown Cherokee Plantation, TN September 15 TOTA State Chapter Contacts months. This will be a good opportunity to from the National Archives. The project will icance of this tragic event in our Nation’s John Ross House, GA Arkansas Chapter Meeting Old Independence Museum, Batesville, AR begin in late this summer. Junaluska Memorial and Museum, NC Alabama work toward certifying Little Rock as a site history by establishing the Trail of Tears 10:00 a.m. National Historic Trail. The National Park Lake Dardanelle State Park, AR Gail King on the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail. 205-672-2074 Service administers the Trail in cooperation Major Ridge Ferry Site and Farm Fields, GA October 2–6 Access to the Cherokee Phoenix can be E-mail: [email protected] with federal, state, and local agencies; the Mantle Rock, KY Cherokee Indian Fair, Cherokee, NC Carolyn Kent, an Arkansas chapter mem- found on the Center’s website, Maramec Spring Park—Massey Iron Works, MO Cherokee Nation and the Eastern Band of Arkansas ber, has written a site report for the Little anpa.ualr.edu. From the homepage, go to October 6 Mount Nebo State Park, AR Pat Proctor Cherokee Indians; interested groups; and North Carolina Chapter Meeting Rock Site. Carolyn has also written a fine "Indexes" on the menu, then on the letter Murrell Home, OK Phone: 501-324-9232 private landowners. Cherokee, NC report on Van Buren on the Trail of Tears of the alphabet they want to search, and Museum of the Cherokee Indian, NC E-mail: [email protected] Place & Time TBD New Echota State Historic Site, GA National Historic Trail. Jamie Metrailer has scroll the index. If you find an entry of The Trail of Tears Association and the Georgia Petit Jean State Park, AR Illinois Chapter Meeting completed a report on Menifee and is com- interest, click on the date. That will take you National Park Service National Trails Tommy Cox Pinnacle Mountain State Park, AR Methodist Church, Golconda, IL pleting reports on Norristown and to the digital image of the page in the Phone: 770-382-4012 System Office -Santa Fe have been working Port Royal State Park, TN 1:30 p.m. E-mail: [email protected] Morrison’s Bluff. Dusty Helbling has done Phoenix. Once the image opens, click on with Trail partners toincreasevisibilityfor Red Clay State Historic Area, TN the Trail and to develop it for visitor use. October 18–20, 2007 a nice research report on McLean’s Bottom the little magnifying class with a + in the Running Waters John Ridge Property, GA Illinois Sequoyah Research Center Symposium (Roseville) and the route from there to middle to enlarge the image. This is just Old traces, historic buildings, and other Sequoyah Birthplace Museum, TN Sandy Boaz DoubleTree Hotel, Little Rock, AR resources are being preserved. Many sites Snelson-Brinker Cabin, MO Phone: 618-833-8216 McCoy’s at Sallisaw. another service the SRC provides to the Information & registration enclosed have been certified and numerous on-the- Star City Ranch Trail Segment, MO E-mail: [email protected] Trail of Tears Association. ground projects have been completed, such Tennessee River Museum, TN October 20 The Sequoyah Research Center has been Kentucky The Sequoyah Research Center is the official as route signing, visitor-use development, Trail of Tears Commemorative Park, KY Kentucky Chapter Meeting Beverly Baker given Suite 500 of the University Plaza as archives of the Trail of Tears Association and is Columbus-Belmont State Park, Columbus, KY interpretive wayside exhibits, and interior Trail of Tears State Forest, IL Phone: 270-924-5484 located at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. 11:00 a.m. well as money for renovation and expects museum exhibits at existing facilities. Vann House Historic Site, GA E-mail: [email protected] Daniel Littlefield, the director of SRC, is also a for- Program: Benge Route to move within the ensuing few months. mer TOTA national board member. VC/Moccasin Springs Road/NancyHildebrand’s Gravesite-Trail of Tears State Park, MO North Carolina Certified Sites November 5–8, 2007 Anne Rogers Audubon Acres, TN Waynesville Cherokee Encampment, TOTA Conference & Symposium, Rome, GA Phone: 828-227-2443 Brainerd Mission Cemetery, TN Roubidoux Spring, Waynesville, MO Registration & info at nationalTOTA.org E-mail: [email protected] Browns Ferry Tavern, TN Membership Available with Cherokee National Historical Society Federal Protection Components and November 17, 2007 Campground Cemetery, IL Tennessee by Patsy Edgar Tennessee Chapter Meeting Chattanooga Regional History Museum,TN Interpretive Sites Bill Jones Martin Methodist College, Upperman Room You are invited to join the Cherokee life. Membership begins at $40 ($25 for stu- Cherokee County Historical Museum, NC Arkansas Post National Memorial, AR Phone: 931-946-7486 Pulaski, TN Berry Ferry, KY E-mail: [email protected] National Historical Society, a private non- dents and those over 55) and includes a Cherokee Heritage Center, OK 11:00 a.m. Chieftains Museum/Major Ridge Home, GA Cadron Settlement Park, AR profit corporation designed to preserve the quarterly newsletter, The Columns, a 10% Missouri City of Nashville trail routes, TN Cherokee Memorial Park-Blythe Ferry, TN November 10, 2007 history and culture of the Cherokee people museum store discount, free admission to Deloris Gray Wood Fort Smith National Historic Site, AR American Indian Heritage Day City of North Little Rock Riverfront Park, AR Phone: 573-729-2545 – past, present and future. The Cherokee the Cherokee Heritage Center, invitations Great Smoky Mountains National Park, TN Funk Heritage Center, Waleska, GA Coke Ovens Museum Trail Segments, TN E-mail: [email protected] Heritage Center includes a wonderful to all Society events, genealogy services at a 10:00 a.m. & 1:00 p.m. Trail of Tears Film Delta Cultural Center, AR Mark Twain National Forest, MO 10:00 a.m. – Noon Lectures museum and museum store, the Ancient reduced rate, and use of the archives. See Fort Gibson, OK Mocassin Bend, TN Oklahoma More at reinhardt.edu/funkheritage Village depicting pre-contact Cherokee www.cherokeeheritage.org for more infor- Gray's Inn, KY Pea Ridge National Military Park, AR Curtis Rohr The Hermitage, TN Shawnee National Forest, MO Phone: 918-341-4689 lifeways, and the Adams Corner Rural mation. E-mail: [email protected] Historic Road from Ross to Ridge's, GA Stones River National Battlefield, TN Village depicting 19th century Cherokee
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Trail News is produced by the part- The Trail of Tears Association has The National Trails System Office -Santa nership of the Trail of Tears Association entered into a cooperative agreement Fe administers the Trail of Tears NHT, and the National Park Service National with the National Park Service to promote the Santa Fe NHT, and the Route 66 Trails System Office - Santa Fe. and engage in the protection and Corridor Preservation Program. El Camino preservation of the Trail of Tears NHT Real de Tierra Adentro NHT is adminis- Managing Editor/Designer resources; to promote awareness of the tered jointly by the National Trails Jerra Quinton Trail’s legacy, including the effects of System Office-Santa Fe and the New the U.S. Government’s Indian Removal Mexico State Office of the Bureau of Contributors Policy on the Cherokee and other Land Management. These trail and cor- Jack Baker, John Conoboy, Patsy Edgar, tribes; and to perpetuate the manage- ridor programs are administered in Daniel Littlefield, Aaron Mahr, Jerra ment and development techniques that partnership with American Indian Quinton, Andrea Sharon, and TOTA state are consistent with the NPS’s Trail plan. tribes; federal, state, and local agen- chapters. cies; non-government organizations; Trail of Tears Association and private landowners. Photographer (unless otherwise noted) Andrea Sharon 1100 North University, Suite 143 National Trails System Office - Santa Fe Little Rock, Arkansas 72207 Comments/Address Changes? PO Box 728 Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504 Contact: Jerra Quinton Phone 800-441-4513 Trail of Tears Association 501-666-9032 Phone 1100 N. University, Suite 143 505-988-6888 Little Rock, AR 72207-6344 E-Mail [email protected] [email protected] E-Mail Website Website [email protected] www.nps.gov/trte www.NationalTOTA.org