Trail of Tears Began Here
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Sprinterman
N 34° 32.458 W 084° 54.574
16S E 691829 N 3824124
It began here at the National Capital of the Cherokee Nation
Waymark Code: WM2M22
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 11/18/2007
Views: 62
Text of the marker:
The sprawling town of New Town which had stood here since 1819 was designated the seat of government for the new Cherokee Nation in a legislative act of 1825 and it was renamed New Echota for a former principal town in Tennessee. In its short history New Echota was the site of the first Indian language newspaper office, a court case which carried to the U.S. Supreme Court, one of the earliest experiments in national self-government for an Indian tribe, the signing of a treaty which relinquished Cherokee claims to lands east of the Mississippi, and the assembly of Indians for the removal west.
Routes: Bell Route
Address if available:
Calhoun, Georgia USA
Marker Website: [Web Link]
Additional Coordinates: Not Listed
Additional Information: Not listed
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