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| Tennessee (Van Buren County), Spencer — 2C 15 — Gilbert Gaul, Civil War Painter | | | Just south of here was the studio of Gilbert Gaul, one of the best painters of American Civil War scenes. After being elected the youngest member of the National Academy of design in 1882, his "Holding the Line at all Hazards" won an Academey Gold Medal. Gaul moved here from New York in 1881 after inheriting a tract of land. His most prolific work was accomplished here, engaging local folk as models. — Map (db m3625) | | Tennessee (Van Buren County), Spencer — 2C 19 — Trail of Tears — Circa 1838 | | | On October 20, 1837, B. B. Cannon with a group of 365 treaty party Cherokees camped near here on their way to the Indian Territory in present-day Oklahoma. Rainey’s Turnpike crossed here at the old John Fleming farm and in 1838 was one route used for the forced removal of the Cherokee Indians known as the “Trail of Tears.” — Map (db m3626) |
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