• Trail of Tears artwork and trail walk

    Trail Of Tears

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Removal Camps

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The Trail Where They Cried exhibit

National Trails Intermountain Region

The Trail Where They Cried

This is the first of a new series of exhibits relating to the forced removal of the Cherokee from their homelands. It provides context to the experience of removal in 1838 - 1839. Future exhibits will relate to specific camps in Georgia, Alabama, and North Carolina.

NPS - April 2011

 
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Cedar Town Camp exhibit

National Trails Intermountain Region

Cedar Town Camp

Cedar Town Camp was a removal camp in Cedartown, Georgia. The northwest corner of the state included a web of camps in 1838. This exhibit focuses on the story of Cherokee removal in that area. Click here for more information about the unveiling events at Cedartown and Cave Spring.

NPS - April 2011

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  • City of Cedartown City of Cedartown

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Did You Know?

Elkhorn Tavern at Pea Ridge, Arkansas, on Trail of Tears National Historic Trail

The Cherokee people in the southeastern United States built European-style homes and farmsteads, developed a written language, established a newspaper, and wrote a constitution. But they had no equal protection under the law and could not prevent being removed from their homes on the Trail of Tears.