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Walkway map at the Cherokee Removal Memorial Park in Tennessee depicting the routes of the Cherokee on the Trail of Tears, June 2020 Map of National Historic trails. In 1987, about 2,200 miles (3,500 km) of trails were authorized by federal law to mark the removal of 17 detachments of the Cherokee people. [144]
Walkway map at Cherokee Removal Memorial Park depicting the route of the Cherokee on the Trail of Tears, June 2020. The park is a partnership between the government of Meigs County, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA), National Park Service (NPS), and Friends of the Cherokee.
Guitarist Eric Johnson released a song entitled "Trail of Tears" on his 1986 album Tones. A Parchment of Leaves, a novel by Silas House, uses the Cherokee removal as a major plot-point. The novel Through the Trail of Tears by Gloria V. Casañas has these events as a major theme in the story, told through excerpts of a fictional diary.
The Arkansaw Territory division: showing the progression of Indian Territory separation from Arkansas Territory, 1819–1836 Map of Southern United States during the time of the Indian Removals (Trail of Tears), 1830–1838, showing the historic lands of the Five Civilized Tribes. The destination Indian Territory is depicted in light yellow-green.
Ross's Landing in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is the last site of the Cherokee's 61-year occupation of Chattanooga and is considered to be the embarkation point of the Cherokee removal on the Trail of Tears. Ross's Landing Riverfront Park memorializes the location, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The ride honors the thousands of people who died during the Trail of Tears ethnic cleansing and forced displacement. Beginning in the 1830s, and for decades after, the U.S. government “death ...
Fort Butler Memorial Park marks the site of the fort today. Fort Butler was an important site during the Cherokee removal known as the Trail of Tears.Located on a hill overlooking present-day Murphy, North Carolina on the Hiwassee River, Fort Butler was the headquarters of the Eastern Division of the U.S. Army overseeing the Cherokee Nation.
Chief Dale Cook tells the story of the formation of the Trail of Tears Motorcycle Ride, honoring the memory of Native Americans who suffered so greatly.