The Trail of Tears National Historic Trail is comprised of places managed by the National Park Service and those that are ...

His home, now Chieftains Museum, shows his personal ... resulted in the death of over 4,000 Cherokee. Trail of Tears map courtesy of the National Park Service (Wikimedia) ...

Some four thousand died on what became known as the Trail of Tears. During the treaty’s unveiling at the museum, Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Bill John Baker pointed out that this chapter of ...

Some stones appear to have naturally carved faces -- perhaps a reference to the 1830s Trail of Tears -- in the Wichahpi Commemorative Stone Wall near Florence, Ala. (Melanie Radzicki McManus/For ...

Today, much of the original trail is gone, but the National Park Service leads a collaborative effort to ... across nine states and 5,000 miles, by the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail. As the ...

The Cherokee people called this journey the "Trail of Tears," because of its devastating effects. The migrants faced hunger, disease, and exhaustion on the forced march. Over 4,000 out of 15,000 ...

Peach seeds were carried in the pocket of a man who was forced to relocate to Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears, and when he arrived in the Eufaula area, he planted them and grew an orchard. The variety ...