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14 unusual facts about Trail of Tears


A. J. Langguth

Langguth is the author of several dark, satirical novels, a biography of the English short story master Saki, and lively histories of the Trail of Tears, the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the Vietnam War, the political life of Julius Caesar and U.S. involvement with torture in Latin America.

Blood Red Throne

The band recorded a demo, entitled Deathmix 2000 with Ronni Thorsen from Trail of Tears providing the vocals.

Echoes of Eternity

In June 2007, the band embarked on a US tour opening for Symphony X and Sanctity, in the fall they toured with Edguy, Into Eternity, and Light This City and later toured with Trail of Tears and Unexpect.

Evan Jones

Evan Jones (missionary) (1788-1882), noted Baptist missionary to the Cherokees and leader of one group on the Trail of Tears

Fort Moore-Savano Town Site

Prior to the famous Trail of Tears, much of the western part of South Carolina was controlled by native-American (Indian) tribes.

Georgia State Route 225

SR 225 is designated as a "Trail of Tears" Highway because of significant cultural remains of the Cherokee Native American Nation along the route.

Harriet R. Gold Boudinot

When most of the people refused to migrate, the U.S. Army removed them forcibly in what is called “The Trail of Tears.”

Hopewell, Washington County, Missouri

Its location is along one of the routes of the infamous Cherokee Trail of Tears.

Illinois Route 146

IL-146 generally follows a land route of the Trail of Tears, a trail taken by bands of approximately 9,000 Cherokee who were forced to march through southern Illinois from November 1838 until January 1839 as part of a U.S. government mandated relocation.

Missouri Route 37

At Monett, Route 37 intersects U.S. Route 60 and becomes part of the Trail of Tears Automobile Route all the way to the state line.

Rosa laevigata

The flower is commonly associated with the Trail of Tears, the forced relocation of Native Americans in the southeastern United States.

Sharon Irla

It was through Ross Landing that many Cherokee made passage to Indian Territory (Oklahoma) during the Trail of Tears.

Thirteen Moons

Devastated by the loss of his love on top of the miseries his friends have suffered along the Trail of Tears, some self-conscious attempts to find another partner and finally the traumas he himself witnessed while fighting in the American Civil War, Will departs his only home and wanders the nation aimlessly.

U-T San Diego

Part Cherokee, he was the son of a Baptist preacher, whom he accompanied from Georgia to Indian Territory on the Trail of Tears at the age of seven.


Arkansas Highway 180

Highway 180 is designated as part of the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail as well as Arkansas Heritage Trails designations as the Butterfield Trail, Trail of Tears (Benge Route), and Civil War Trails (Herron's Approach).

John Leak Springston

He was the son of Anderson Springston and Sallie Eliot, Cherokees who walked the Trail of Tears from Gunter's Landing, Alabama on the Tennessee River, some 600 miles to Indian Territory.