Was the Trail of Tears all a lie?

Every year across the country's countless elementary school students recite: “In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue” and many perform a play about ... a student in high school, I learned that George Washington saw Indians in Virginia and possibly heard once or twice about the Cherokee Trail of Tears. read more

All the sudden Dean whirled around and went straight at dad and punched him right in the face. Dad wound up getting all the way turned around as Dean just stood there stone faced and I looked at him utterly shocked. read more

Trail of Tears State Forest lies within the southern section of the Ozark Hills, one of the most rugged landscapes in Illinois. The hills are composed of chert (a weathered limestone residue). Soils are shallow and susceptible to erosion. read more

In 1835, a few self-appointed representatives of the Cherokee nation negotiated the Treaty of New Echota, which traded all Cherokee land east of the Mississippi for $5 million, relocation assistance and compensation for lost property. read more