Stories, quotes and anecdotes from Appalachia. 1880s-1950s era.

Category: Cherokee Nation

175 Years Later: Documenting the Historic Buildings of the Trail of Tears

The Center for Historic Preservation conducts 9-state survey to identify/document historic buildings on the Trail of Tears Natl. Historic Trail.

One of the oldest standing houses in Alabama is still thriving, thanks in part to preservation efforts by its current owner.

He was born into a storied but impoverished family on the Eastern Band of Cherokee’s Qualla Boundary. Jr.’s memoir is a remarkable story.

Back to a time when the fields & woodlands of the mountains were filled with explosions of musketry, war cries & the dark silence following.

Chief James Vann, an instrumental force in the Cherokee Renaissance, created the largest, most prosperous plantation in the Cherokee Nation.

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