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Trail of Tears Historical Markers

The Indian Removal Act of 1830 opened a dark chapter in American history. Thousands of Native Americans died during forced removal from their eastern homelands to the Great Plains, along what is now know as the Trail of Tears for many different tribes and nations.
 
By Angela Nichols, May 11, 2016
Barry Springs Indian Stockade Marker
1 ► Alabama, Cherokee County, Gaylesville — Barry Springs Indian Stockade —
2 ► Alabama, Colbert County, Sheffield — History of Sheffield —
3 ► Alabama, Colbert County, Tuscumbia — American Indian History —
4 ► Alabama, Colbert County, Tuscumbia — Sacred Tears — By Branko Medenica — September 19, 2003 —
5 ► Alabama, DeKalb County, Fort Payne — Cherokee Indian Removal —
6 ► Alabama, DeKalb County, Fort Payne — Fort Payne Cabin Historic Site —
7 ► Alabama, DeKalb County, Fort Payne — Site of the Willstown Mission — 1823-1839 —
8 ► Alabama, DeKalb County, Fort Payne — Trail of Tears — John Benge Route — Fort Payne, Alabama to Oklahoma — Reported missing
9 ► Alabama, DeKalb County, Fort Payne — Trail of Tears – 1838 — Little River Canyon National Preserve —
10 ► Alabama, Jackson County, Rocky Springs — Trail of Tears —
11 ► Alabama, Lauderdale County, Waterloo — Trail of Tears —
12 ► Alabama, Lawrence County, Town Creek — Trail of Tears —
13 ► Alabama, Madison County, Brownsboro — Trail of Tears — Drane/Hood Overland Route —
14 ► Alabama, Madison County, Madison — Trail of Tears — Drane Overland Route —
15 ► Alabama, Marshall County, Guntersville — History of Guntersville —
16 ► Alabama, Morgan County, Decatur — Cherokee Trail Of Tears —
17 ► Alabama, Russell County, Fort Mitchell — The Creek Trail of Tears —
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18 ► Alabama, Tuscaloosa County, Tuscaloosa — “The Indian Fires Are Going Out” —
19 ► Alabama, Tuscaloosa County, Tuscaloosa — John Gayle — Governor 1831 - 1835 —
20 ► Arkansas, Baxter County, Mountain Home — Old Military Road —
21 ► Arkansas, Benton County, Garfield — Pea Ridge and the Trail of Tears — Trail of Tears National Historic Trail — National Trails System —
22 ► Arkansas, Benton County, Garfield — They Passed This Way — Trail of Tears National Historic Trail — National Trails System —
23 ► Arkansas, Conway County, Morrilton — Thousands Steamed By 1831-59, Two Cherokee Groups were Stranded Here —
24 ► Arkansas, Conway County, Russellville — Petit Jean Mountain and the Trail of Tears —
25 ► Arkansas, Crittenden County, Earle — Trail of Tears —
26 ► Arkansas, Crittenden County, Earle — Tsa-La-Gi — Trail of Tears —
27 ► Arkansas, Crittenden County, Marion — The Trail of Tears...A Sad Chapter in American History — Military Road through Marion is the Bell Route —
28 ► Arkansas, Faulkner County, Conway — "Trail of Tears" —
29 ► Arkansas, Lonoke County, Austin — Oakland Grove (Old Austin) — Short Cut to Indian Territory 1832-1838 — Trail of Tears Through Arkansas —
30 ► Arkansas, Phillips County, Helena — Helena and The Trail of Tears —
31 ► Arkansas, Phillips County, Helena — They Passed This Way — The Trail of Tears - Water Route —
32 ► Arkansas, Pulaski County, Jacksonville — The Trail of Tears through Jacksonville — Trail of Tears National Historic Trail — National Trails System —
33 ► Arkansas, Pulaski County, Jacksonville — They Passed This Way — Trail of Tears National Historic Trail — National Trails System —
34 ► Arkansas, Saline County, Benton — Quapaws, Choctaws, and Chickasaws Passed Here — 1825 - 1837 —
35 ► Arkansas, Sebastian County, Fort Smith — Cherokee Nation —
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36 ► Arkansas, Sebastian County, Fort Smith — Chickasaw Nation —
37 ► Arkansas, Sebastian County, Fort Smith — Choctaw Nation —
38 ► Arkansas, Sebastian County, Fort Smith — Muscogee (Creek) Nation —
39 ► Arkansas, Sebastian County, Fort Smith — Seminole Nation —
40 ► Arkansas, Washington County, Evansville — Almost The End Of The Cherokee's Sad Journey Westward —
41 ► Arkansas, Yell County, Dardanelle — Mount Nebo and The Trail of Tears — In the River Valley Below —
42 ► California, Inyo County, Coso Junction — Listen Well, For This Story Must Be Told — Native Americans in the Owens Valley —
43 ► Florida, Marion County, Ocala — Florida Seminole Nations History — Historic Florida Barge Canal Trail —
44 ► Florida, Marion County, Ocala — Florida Seminoles — Historic Florida Barge Canal Trail —
45 ► Florida, Marion County, Ocala — Oklahoma Seminole Nations History — Historic Florida Barge Canal Trail —
46 ► Florida, Sumter County, Bushnell — F-993 — Pilaklikaha / Abraham's Town —
47 ► Georgia, Chattooga County, Summerville, Gore — A Snapshot of Cherokee Life — Dirt Town — Trail of Tears National Historic Trail —
48 ► Georgia, Cherokee County, Canton — 028-6 — Fort Buffington — Reported missing
49 ► Georgia, Dade County, Wildwood — 041-2 — Chief Wauhatchie’s Home —
50 ► Georgia, Floyd County, Cave Spring — “First Blood Shed by the Georgians” —
51 ► Georgia, Floyd County, Cave Spring — The Trail Where They Cried — Trail of Tears National Historic Trail —
52 ► Georgia, Floyd County, Rome — 57-1 — Chieftains —
53 ► Georgia, Fulton County, Roswell — The Removal of 1838 —
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54 ► Georgia, Fulton County, Roswell — The Trail of Tears —
55 ► Georgia, Gilmer County, East Ellijay — Fort Hetzel — 1838 — 1868 —
56 ► Georgia, Gilmer County, Ellijay — Home of Chief Whitepath —
57 ► Georgia, Gordon County, Adairsville — 064-32 — Cherokee Nation —
58 ► Georgia, Gordon County, Calhoun — 064-33 — Trail of Tears —
59 ► Georgia, Lumpkin County, Dahlonega — 093-6 — The Station — <---------<<< —
60 ► Georgia, Murray County, Chatsworth — 105-4 — Chief Vann House —
61 ► Georgia, Murray County, Spring Place — John Howard Payne —
62 ► Georgia, Walker County, LaFayette — 146-1 — Fort Cumming —
63 ► Georgia, Walker County, Rossville — 146-12 — John Ross Home —
64 ► Georgia, White County, Helen — 154-6 — Early Trading Post — → —
65 ► Illinois, Alexander County, Cairo — Cairo Connection — Land & Water Routes — Fort Defiance Park —
66 ► Illinois, Alexander County, Cairo — Critical River Confluence — Fort Defiance Park — Trail of Tears National Historic Trail —
67 ► Illinois, Massac County, Metropolis — They Passed This Way — Fort Massac State Park — Trail of Tears National Historic Trail —
68 ► Illinois, Union County, Anna — Jonesboro Station, Anna — Looking for Lincoln — 1858 —
69 ► Illinois, Union County, Anna — They Passed This Way — I-57 And The Trail Of Tears — Trail of Tears National Historic Trail —
70 ► Illinois, Union County, Jonesboro — Anna-Jonesboro — Trail of Tears Site — Lincoln-Douglas Debate —
71 ► Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton — 142 — Trail of Tears —
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72 ► Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville — Cherokee "Trail of Tears" —
73 ► Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville — The Cherokee A Civilized People —
74 ► Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville — 1042 — The Trail of Tears —
75 ► Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville — Trail of Tears Indian Camping Grounds —
76 ► Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville — Whitepath and Fly Smith —
77 ► Kentucky, Letcher County, Pound Gap — The Teardrop Monument —
78 ► Kentucky, Livingston County, Joy — A Winter Camp — Mantle Rock Preserve — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
79 ► Kentucky, Livingston County, Joy — Imagine the Scene — Berry's Ferry and the Trail of Tears —
80 ► Kentucky, Livingston County, Joy — The Original Route — Mantle Rock Preserve — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
81 ► Kentucky, Livingston County, Joy — The Real Story of Mantle Rock — Mantle Rock Preserve — Trail of Tears National Historic Trail, National Trails System —
82 ► Kentucky, Livingston County, Joy — They Passed This Way — Berry's Ferry and the Trail of Tears —
83 ► Kentucky, Livingston County, Joy — They Passed This Way — Mantle Rock Preserve —
84 ► Kentucky, Livingston County, Joy — Walk in Their Footsteps… — Mantle Rock Preserve — Trail of Tears National Historic Trail, National Trails System —
85 ► Kentucky, Livingston County, Joy — Witness to History — Mantle Rock Preserve — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
86 ► Kentucky, McCracken County, Paducah — A Quick Stop — Paducah — Trail of Tears National Historic Trail —
87 ► Kentucky, McCracken County, Paducah — They Passed This Way — Paducah — Trail of Tears National Historic Trail —
88 ► Missouri, Cape Girardeau County, Jackson — Most…are poor and exceedingly dissipated. — Trail of Tears National Historic Trail —
89 ► Missouri, Cape Girardeau County, Jackson — Bushyhead Memorial — Who was Princess Otahki? —
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90 ► Missouri, Cape Girardeau County, Jackson — They Passed This Way — Trail of Tears National Historic Trail —
91 ► Missouri, Cape Girardeau County, Jackson — They Passed This Way — Trail of Tears State Park — Trail of Tears National Historic Trail —
92 ► Missouri, Howell County, Mountain View, Goldsberry Township — Trail of Tears Redbud —
93 ► Missouri, Laclede County, Lebanon — Lebanon —
94 ► Missouri, New Madrid County, New Madrid — They Passed This Way —
95 ► Missouri, New Madrid County, New Madrid — Water Route to Indian Territory —
96 ► Missouri, Pulaski County, Waynesville — A Frigid Crossing —
97 ► Missouri, Pulaski County, Waynesville — A Resting Place for the Weary —
98 ► Missouri, Pulaski County, Waynesville — A Trail of Tragedy —
99 ► Missouri, Pulaski County, Waynesville — Roubidoux Trail — Dedicated 2003 —
100 ► Missouri, Pulaski County, Waynesville — What is the Trail of Tears? —

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Nov. 13, 2026