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Family Stories From the Trail of Tears is a collection edited by Lorrie Montiero and transcribed by Grant Foreman, taken from the Indian-Pioneer History Collection [152] Johnny Cash played in the 1970 NET Playhouse dramatization of The Trail of Tears. [153] He also recorded the reminiscences of a participant in the removal of the Cherokee. [154]
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Farney was a young girl when the Trail of Tears impacted her family and the Muscogee people in the period of 1834–1837. [8] Farney passed down her recollections during the Trail of Tears, the forced relocation of Native American tribes from Alabama to the American West, a period which she described as one of "heartaches and sorrow."
John Ross's life and the Trail of Tears are dramatized in Episode 3 of the Ric Burns "American Experience" documentary, We Shall Remain (2009), shown and available online on PBS. John Ross is a character in Unto These Hills , an outdoor drama that has been performed in Cherokee, NC since 1950.
Walkway map at Cherokee Removal Memorial Park depicting the route of the Cherokee on the Trail of Tears, June 2020. The park is a partnership between the government of Meigs County, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA), National Park Service (NPS), and Friends of the Cherokee.
Ross's Landing in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is the last site of the Cherokee's 61-year occupation of Chattanooga and is considered to be the embarkation point of the Cherokee removal on the Trail of Tears. Ross's Landing Riverfront Park memorializes the location, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Indian Removal Act of 1830 began the process that culminated in the Trail of Tears eight to nine years later. In preparation for the removal of the Cherokee, Company F of the 4th U.S. Infantry arrived at the Cherokee Agency on September 1, 1834, and established Camp Cass.