Last updated: March 6, 2023
Place
Cane Hill - Trail of Tears
Quick Facts
Location:
Arkansas Highways 156 and 59 join, nine miles east of Stilwell, OK, near Evansville, AR.
Significance:
Last stop of the B. B. Cannon contingent before entering Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma)
Some members of the Treaty Party (a group that made a treaty with the US government without full Cherokee agreement) moved west in 1837 in the B. B. Cannon contingent. Cannon mentions Cane Hill in his correspondence and diary. He referred to passing local landmarks and people as well as the sad loss and burial of three children.
Site Information
Location (Evansville, Arkansas; near the border of Arkansas and Stilwell, Oklahoma.)
There is a historical marker at an old rock school located where Arkansas Highways 156 and 59 join, nine miles east of Stilwell, Oklahoma, near Evansville, Arkansas.