One of our stops along our travels ([addlink url=”https://www.oldfolksadventures.com/our_trips/valentines-weekend-2015/” text=”read the trip – Valentine’s Weekend 2015″]). The park site was the last seat of Cherokee national government before the 1838 enforcement of the Indian Removal Act of 1830 by the U.S. military, which resulted in most of the Cherokee people in the area being forced to emigrate west. Eleven general councils were held between 1832 and 1837. Red Clay is where the Trail of Tears really began, for it was at the Red Clay Council Grounds that the Cherokee learned that they had lost their mountains,streams and valleys forever.
Informational links:
[addlink url=”http://www.tnhistoryforkids.org/places/red_clay” text=”Red Clay Historic State Park, history for kids”]
[addlink url=”http://tnstateparks.com/parks/about/red-clay” text=”Tennesse State Park – Red Clay”]
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