Exhibits
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While American settlers clamored for more land, the impacted tribes signed more than 40 treaties ceding their lands to the U.S. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 significantly altered a way of life for eastern Indian tribes. Read the stories of the Trail of Tears through original exhibits on the following pages. Return often. All exhibits can be viewed using Adobe Acrobat Reader. To download this (free) program, click here. If you have a slow internet connection, it may take a few minutes to access the exhibit files. |
Did You Know?
In 1838 U.S. Army troops under General Winfield Scott's command rounded up Cherokee people and moved them to forts in North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee, prior to their removal west. Thirty-one forts were built for this purpose on the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail.