When this memorial was dedicated in 1961, legend said a Cherokee princess was buried here. Identified as the daughter of Reverend Jesse Bushyhead (left), a leader of a contingent of Cherokees on the Trail of Tears, a local group erected this pagoda . . . — — Map (db m235174) HM
In 1672 Louis Joliet and Father Jacques Marquette were commissioned by King Louis XIV to discover the course of the Mississippi River. On June 17, 1673, the expedition entered the Mississippi from the Wisconsin River and began its descent by canoe. . . . — — Map (db m61828) HM
"The Apple River extends a considerable distance back in the country say 40 or 50 miles & heads with the waters of the St. Francis's River. On this steam about 7 miles from it's mouth, is a settlement of Shawnees, which more than . . . — — Map (db m265743) HM
In 1838 and 1839, twelve detachments with at least 11,000 weary Cherokee passed through Jackson, Missouri, on their journey to Indian Territory. Most of the groups followed the Northern Route of the Trail of Tears and came into town on Greensferry . . . — — Map (db m236844) HM
Home to thousands of men, women, and children, the Cherokee Nation once spread across parts of Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Alabama. The 1830 Indian Removal Act required that the Cherokee surrender their land and move west. In 1838, . . . — — Map (db m236826) HM
Home to thousands of men, women, and children, the Cherokee Nation once spread across parts of Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Alabama. The 1830 Indian Removal Act required that the Cherokees surrender their land and move west.
In . . . — — Map (db m265717) HM
In memory of those from Cape Girardeau County who gave their lives in defense of liberty in The World War 1916 — 1918 Benjamin H. Thompson • Clarence Altenthal • Cleveland Baker • Charles A. Crass • Jesse Fitzgerald • Clark A. . . . — — Map (db m271429) WM
