the museum in Kenton is a nice little place.
the museum in Kenton is a nice little place.
My family moved prior to the trail of tears as well and I have my CDIB have 2 sisters that are blonde with blue eyes and maybe green it’s been awhile since I’ve seen either of them.
The Lost Cherokee can somewhat be traced to the a group of Cherokees that had broken from the tribe in oklahoma and attempted to allay with the President of Mexico but things didn’t work out and Sir Richard Fields, Chief is the Texas Cherokees and one of the last Cherokee War Chiefs was killed by his own tribe on the banks of a river in Nacadoges, Texas (spelling is close, lol) Sir Richard Fields is my great grandfather’s dad or grandpa.
We are blessed to have a family cemetery in Dodge, Oklahoma where my family settled. It is tough to prove but worth the effort. You may not need anything but your children might one day, or who knows their children might need help or just curious about where their family came from.
There is also a museum in Goodwell, OK call the "No Man's Land Historical Society.
No Man's Land Historical Society Website
The coments above show there is still contriversy over this event. Undoubetly there are parts of this story that are lost for ever to history, and many different sides to a story like this, but kinda like the Russians invading Ukraine, this barbaric act was UNJUSTIFIABLE then, and still is!!!!!!
dang man, all I was talking about was a damn fort.
GOOD, you learned something didn't you? The conversation someg how went to the trail of tears, just commenting on that! I learned something from your comment on the fort, that I didn't know! THANKS!
I spoke to my dad about my family history on the Trail of Tears. My dad said his great grandmother told my grandmother a story about when she was a little girl that she remembers the walk and they came to a big river (I assume the Mississippi River) and during the crossing most of the soldiers weren’t paying much attention to who was there and who wasn’t anymore. That’s when her family went off course and didn’t go to Oklahoma and went NW instead.
been here my entire life and still never been to it. I need to go one of these days.
Apparently there were several different trails, and modes of transportation used, some were transported some of the way by river boat. some were forced to walk, etc. All I know about this event is what I have read, and there are many different accounts some true, and some untrue. Knowing our TRUE history helps us learn form our mistakes, and our sucesses! don't you think?
My uncle, Bucky Walters wrote a book about Camp Nichols and the conflict involving the hot springs ownership in Pagosa Springs, CO.
Interesting reading.
Interesting reading.
