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    Trail Of Tears

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September 22, 2010
Unveiling Ceremonies at Mantle Rock Preserve, Livingston County, Kentucky, and Pope County Illinois
National Trails Intermountain Region staff representing the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail worked with partners to create a Trail of Tears retracement hiking trail, signage and exhibits, which were unveiled on September 22, 2010.

Did You Know?

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

President Andrew Jackson began to aggressively implement a broad policy of Indian removal in the 1830s. This policy, combined with the discovery of gold on Cherokee land in northern Georgia in 1828, led to their removal to Indian Territory (Oklahoma) on the Trail of Tears.