Three stops along the Georgia section of the Trail of Tears, a National Park Service site that documents the Cherokee journey, will dispel any ignorance about their distinctive history.

Georgia was one of the Cherokee homelands ... It was from this home that many have said ‘the Trail of Tears began.’ The group ...

Dr. James Livingood, distinguished UTC professor, discussed the removal of the Cherokee from this area in excerpts from his "Chattanooga: Illustrated History:" ...

Squatters carved illegal homesteads out of tribal lands while the government of Georgia passed laws stripping Cherokees ... “All went through their own versions of the Trail of Tears,” said Norris.

The treaty, signed at New Echota, Georgia, in December 1835 ... Some four thousand died on what became known as the Trail of Tears. During the treaty’s unveiling at the museum, Cherokee Nation ...

In 1838, Scott led a force of 7,000 men that forcibly removed the Cherokee Indians from their lands in Georgia. The removal, which became known as the Trail of Tears, was a nightmare for the ...