USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Cherokee Heritage Center in Tahlequah, Oklahoma: Tahlequah signaled the end of the Trail of Tears; there are many historic buildings and museums around town.

Detailed explanation-2: -Remember and commemorate the survival of the Cherokee people, forcefully removed from their homelands in Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee to live in Indian Territory, now Oklahoma. They traveled by foot, horse, wagon, or steamboat in 1838-1839.

Detailed explanation-3: -This map shows the routes followed west by the Cherokee Nation to reach “Indian Territory, ” now the state of Oklahoma, in the 1830s. The pink trail is the northern route.