Letters from Blythe's Ferry

Sir

The several detachments of Emigrating Cherokees under the charge of Messrs. Hair Conrad, Elijah Hicks, John Benge, Jesse Bushyhead, Sitewakee, James D. Wofford, Stephen Foreman, & Moses Daniel having signified their readiness for the road will take up the line ...

Blythe's Ferry

Nine detachments ranging in size from 729 to 1,766 individuals began crossing the Tennessee River at Blythe's Ferry in October, 1838. Cherokee leaders, called conductors, Hair Conrad, Elijah Hicks, Reverend Jesse Bushyhead, Situwakee, Captain Old Fields, Moses Daniel, Chooalooka, George ...

"Farewell to our native land"

In addition to losing their land to the American government, many Cherokees fell prey to robbers and thieves who operated near the camps and along the roads leading west.

"We are now about to take our final leave and kind farewell ...

The Sisters of St. Ann

In 1850, Marie Esther Blondin, now known as Blessed Marie Anne Blondin founded the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Ann, a Roman Catholic religious order dedicated to education and nursing in Lachine, Quebec.

Bishop Modeste Demers of Victoria went to ...

Franklin Township WWII Memorial

1941 - 1945

In the glory of their youth we will remember them. Our dead shall not have died in vain.

Orrin C. Boice •

Frederick E. Dissler •

Andrew J. Hodulik •

Robert V. Leusenring •

Porter C. Little

Dedicated to our ...

"They drove us out of our house"

Beginning on May 26, 1838, soldiers began rounding up Cherokee women, men, and children. They showed little concern or respect for families or their property. In the first days, confusion abounded as soldiers and militiamen gathered individuals wherever they were ...

Old Marshfield Training Field

1630 - 1930

The Old Marshfield Training Field and Meetinghouse of the First Parish where Daniel Webster attended church.

Home of Daniel Webster. Home of Governor Edward Winslow. Historic Winslow House is open to visitors in summer.

Marker is at the intersection ...

"Your Fate is Decided"

Both the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the Treaty of New Echota aimed to accomplish removal through voluntary emigration. Such efforts largely failed and by 1838 only about 2,000 Cherokee affected by the treaty had moved west. For those ...

Fulton County Civil War, Spanish-American War, and World War I M

(Dedication Plaque):This park forum

and bronze tablets

erected by

the citizens of

Fulton County

as a memorial

to her soldiers

who served in the

Civil War,

the Spanish-American War

and

the World War.

(Top of Civil War Plaque):

These tablets are dedicated to those who

entered the service from Fulton County

to preserve the Union. ...

First Meeting House

1630 - 1930

Here stood Mendon's first meetinghouse, built in 1668 and destroyed by Indians in 1676. Joseph Emerson, the minister, was an ancestor of Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and Hastings Street (Massachusetts Route 16), ...