Vestiges of the Trail of Tears in Tennessee

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  • Audubon Acres: at 900 North Sanctuary Road in East Brainerd, which is a suburb of Chattanooga.
  • Brainerd Mission Cemetery: just under an acre in size, is off of Brainerd Road and Eastgate Loop Road near the Brainerd Village Shopping Center in Chattanooga.
  • Browns Ferry Tavern Site: at 703 Browns Ferry Road, a few miles west of Chattanooga.
  • Chattanooga History Center (previously Chattanooga Regional History Museum): is in downtown Chattanooga, at the Tennessee Aquarium Plaza.
  • David Crockett State Park Trail Segment: is at the entrance to David Crockett State Park, north of U.S. Highway 64 (also state highways 15 and 242), located approximately one mile west of downtown Lawrenceburg (Lawrence County). The street address is 1400 West Gaines Street
  • Giles County Trail of Tears Interpretive Center: 220 Stadium Street, Pulaski
  • Hair Conrad Cabin: at 433 Blythewood Road SW, two miles west of Cleveland, in Bradley County.
  • The Hermitage: Andrew Jackson's longtime home, is at 4580 Rachels Lane, Hermitage. The site is located 12 miles east of downtown Nashville.
  • Hiwassee River Heritage Center: at 8746 Hiwassee Street, Charleston
  • James Brown Cherokee Plantation: at 9521 Ooltewah-Georgetown Road, northeast of Ooltewah, Hamilton County.
  • John Martin House at 5640 Dalton Pike, SE, five miles south of Cleveland, Bradley County.
  • Nashville 1823 Toll Bridge Abutments: adjacent to the Victory Memorial bridge over the Cumberland River, Nashville
  • Port Royal State Park: at 3300 Old Clarksville Highway, Adams. The park, located in eastern Montgomery County, is just north of State Highway 76; it is eight miles southwest of Adams and 15 miles east of Clarksville.
  • Red Clay State Historic Park: at 1140 Red Clay Park Road SW, near Cleveland in Bradley County. It is along the Tennessee-Georgia state line about 17 miles east of Chattanooga.
  • Sequoyah Birthplace Museum: at 576 State Highway 360, which is approximately one mile east of Vonore.
  • Tennessee River Museum: at 495 Main Street, Savannah. The museum is at the corner of Main Street (U.S. 64) and Adams Street, just a few blocks east of the Tennessee River Bridge.
  • Wilson-Erwin House: Charleston vicinity


  • Sources:
    https://www.nps.gov/trte/learn/management/certified-sites-on-the-trail-of-tears-nht.htm


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