Trail of Tears Indian Camping Grounds - Hopkinsville, KY
N 36° 51.235 W 087° 28.504
16S E 457649 N 4078772
One of the few documented sites of the actual trail and campsites used during the forced removal of the Cherokee people to "Indian Territory". It was used as an encampment in 1838 and 1839.
Waymark Code: WM17N4Q
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 03/12/2023
Views: 3
Marker 1 Inscription:
A camping ground, Oct. 1838, for a part of the Cherokee Indians who were forcibly moved from their homes in the Smoky Mountain region of N. Car. and Tenn. to Indian Terr., now Okla. Badly clothed and fed, hundreds became ill and many died, among them the aged and highly respected chiefs, Fly Smith and Whitepath. Their graves on bank of Little River.
Erected 1967 by Kentucky Historical Society Kentucky Department of Highways. (Marker Number 1042.)
Marker 2 Inscription:
In 1838 this lot, then in woods, was
used as camping grounds for 13,500
Indians removed along this route
from the southern states to
Oklahoma, in detachments of 1500.
Among those who died in camp
were two noted Cherokees
Chief WHITEPATH
and
Sub-Chief FLY SMITH
who were buried not far from
this spot.
Erected 1938 by Col. John Green Chapter, D.A.R.
Routes: Northern Route
Additional Coordinates: Not Listed
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