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Certified Sites On The Trail Of Tears

ARKANSAS:


Delta Cultural Center

At 141 Cherry Street and 95 Missouri Street, both in downtown Helena.

Fitzgerald Station and Farmstead

At 2327 Old Wire Road near Springdale.

Lake Dardanelle State Park

At 100 State Park Drive in Russellville, Pope County.
The park is located at 2428 Marina Road, which is 4 miles west of Russellville, off State Highway 326.

Mount Nebo State Park

At 16728 West State Highway 155, four miles west of Dardanelle.

North Little Rock Riverfront Park

On the north bank of the Arkansas River  Between Main Street Bridge and Interstate 30 Bridge,

North Little Rock.

Petit Jean State Park

At 1285 Petit Jean Mountain Road, Morrilton.

Pinnacle Mountain State Park

At 11901 Pinnacle Valley Road, Little Rock. The park is 15 miles west of Little Rock.

GEORGIA:

Chieftains Museum/Major Ridge Home

At 501 Riverside Parkway North East. Between the Georgia 53 spur and U.S. 27, in Rome, Floyd County.

Chief Vann House State Historic Site

At the intersection of Georgia Routes 225 and 52A. On the western outskirts of Chatsworth, Murray County.

Historic Road from Ross to Ridge's

A three-mile-long road that ran from Major Ridge's farm to John Ross's farm, both of which are now within the city of Rome.

John Ross House

At Andrews Street and East Lake Avenue, just south of U.S. Highway 27, in Rossville, Walker County.

New Echota State Historic Site

At 1211 Chatsworth Highway North East, Calhoun, Gordon County.

ILLINOIS:

Camp Ground Cemetery

Adjacent to the Camp Ground Cumberland Presbyterian Church, at 50 Tunnel Lane, six miles east of

Anna, Union County.


Trail of Tears State Forest

At 3240 State Forest Road, Jonesboro, Union County.

KENTUCKY:

Berry's Ferry and John Berry's Homesite

On the south bank of the Ohio River near the intersection of State Highways 133 and 137,

Livingston County.

Big Spring

Main Street near Jefferson Street, Princeton, Caldwell County.

Gray's Inn (Stagecoach Inn)

At 88 Graysville Road (State Highway 294), in Tiny Town, 3 miles west of Guthrie, Todd County.

Mantle Rock

On the grounds of the 367-acre Mantle Rock Preserve.
Two miles west of Joy (Livingston County) on State Highway 133.

Radford Farm

At 610 Dixie Beeline Highway  (U.S. 41), in Todd County.
Between Pembroke and Trenton.

Trail of Tears Commemorative Park

At U.S. Highway 41 and Skyline Drive, in Hopkinsville, Christian County.

MISSOURI:

Arcadia Valley Campground

State Highway 21 near the intersection of Old Highway 21, Pilot Knob, Iron County.

Maramec Spring Park-Massey Iron Works

At 21880 Maramec Spring Drive, just north of State Highway 8. The park is in eastern Phelps County,

8 miles southeast of St. James.

Snelson-Brinker Cabin

On the north side of State Highway 8 in western Crawford County,
8 miles west of Steelville and 10 miles from Exit 195 on Interstate 44.

Star City Ranch Trail Segment

Near County Road U, eight miles north-northeast of Cassville.

Trail of Tears State Park

At 429 Moccasin Springs Road, Jackson. The park is located on Missouri Route 177.

About 8 miles north of Cape Girardeau, and 8 miles east of Jackson.

Waynesville Cherokee Encampment

Located near Roubidoux Spring, in Roy Laughlin Park.
Adjacent to Superior Road and just south of State Highway 17  (Historic U.S. Highway 66).

On the eastern edge of Waynesville.

NORTH CAROLINA:

Cherokee County Historical Museum

In the two-story, stone Carnegie Library Building. 87 Peachtree Street, in Murphy.

Junaluska Memorial and Museum

At 1 Junaluska Drive in Robbinsville.

Museum of the Cherokee Indian

Located at the intersection of Tsali Boulevard (U.S. Highway 441) and Drama Road in Cherokee.

OKLAHOMA:

Cherokee National Museum

3 miles south of Tahlequah in the old Cherokee community of Park Hill.

The Cherokee National Museum is a building in the center of the Cherokee Heritage Center complex.

Fort Gibson

At 907 North Garrison, on Oklahoma Highway 80 at the north edge of Fort Gibson.

George M. Murrell House

At 19479 East Murrell Home Road, in Park Hill, 1 mile southeast of the junction of

State Highways 62 and 82, and 4 miles southwest of Tahlequah.

TENNESSEE:

Audubon Acres

Located at 900 North Sanctuary Road in East Brainerd, which is a suburb of Chattanooga.

Brainerd Mission Cemetery

Just under an acre in size, is located off of Brainerd Road and Eastgate Loop Road near

the Brainerd Village Shopping Center, in Chattanooga.

Browns Ferry Tavern

Located at 703 Browns Ferry Road, a few miles west of Chattanooga.

Chattanooga Regional History Museum

Located in downtown Chattanooga, at 400 Chestnut Street, which is at the corner of

4th and Chestnut Streets.

The Hermitage

Andrew Jackson's longtime home, is located at 4580 Rachel's Lane, Hermitage.

The site is located 12 miles east of downtown Nashville.

James Brown Cherokee Plantation

Located at 9521 Ooltewah-Georgetown Road, northeast of Ooltewah, Hamilton County.

Port Royal State Park

3300 Old Clarksville Highway, Adams. The park, located in eastern
Montgomery County, is just north of State Highway 76; it is 8 miles southwest of Adams and

15 miles east of Clarksville.

Red Clay State Historic Park

Located at 1140 Red Clay Park Road South West, near Cleveland in Bradley County. It is along the Tennessee-Georgia state line about 17 miles east of Chattanooga.

Sequoyah Birthplace Museum

Located at 576 State Highway 360, which is approximately 1 mile east of Vonore.

Tennessee River Museum

495 Main Street, Savannah. The museum is at the corner of Main Street  (U.S. 64) and Adams Street

Just a few blocks east of the Tennessee River Bridge.

Trail of Tears National Historic Trail
Certified Sites on the Trail of Tears NHT


The owners or managers of these historic sites and interpretive facilities are "certified" partners with the National Park Service on the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail (as of July 2009).

ALABAMA:

Tuscumbia Landing

At the confluence of the Tennessee River (Pickwick Lake) and
Spring Creek near the foot of Blackwell Road, west of downtown Sheffield.

Waterloo Landing

At the foot of Main Street, Waterloo, Lauderdale County.

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