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 Trail of Tears Indian Camping Grounds - Hopkinsville, KY, USA
N 36° 51.235 W 087° 28.504
16S E 457649 N 4078772
The NPS Commemorative Park in Hopkinsville, Kentucky was once the location of a winter camp and ration stop along the Northern Route of the Trail of Tears. Bronze plaque attached to a concrete base with DAR insignia on bottom left hand corner.
Waymark Code: WM182RX
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 05/18/2023
Views: 3
"On May 28, 1830, President Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act into law. The bill enabled the federal government to negotiate with southeastern Native American tribes for their ancestral lands in states such as Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee. As a result, some 60,000 Native Americans were forced westward into “Indian Territory” (present-day Oklahoma). The mass migration resulted in more than 4,000 deaths and became known as the Trail of Tears." ~ History.com ~ ( visit link)
DAR Chapter: John Green Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution
Date Placed: 01/01/1938
Inscription:
In 1838 this lot, then in woods, was
used as camping grounds for 13,500
Indians removed along this route
from the southern states to
Oklahoma, in detachments of 1500.
Among those who died in camp
were two noted Cherokees
Chief WHITEPATH
and
Sub-Chief FLY SMITH
who were buried not far from
this spot.
This table erected by
Col. John Green Chapter, D.A.R.
1938
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