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TrailheadTrail of Tears Water Route Overlook on the Natchez Trace, Milepost 328.7
ParkingParking at the trailhead. Bus and RV parking available.
AccessibilityListed by the NPS as wheelchair accessible at the trailhead.
What you'll see 🌄 Big views🌊 River or creek🏛️ Historic site

Three detachments of Cherokee, totaling about 2,800 people, traveled by river past this location to Indian Territory. The first of these groups led by Lieutenant Edward Deas left on June 6, 1838 by steamboat and barge from Ross Landing, present-day Chattanooga, Tennessee. They followed the Tennessee River, Ohio River, Mississippi River and the Arkansas River and arrived near Fort Coffee on June 19, 1838. The second detachment, led by Lt. Robert H.K. Whiteley, left in mid-June and arrived two months later near Stilwell, Oklahoma. The final detachment, led by John Drew, left in the late fall and arrived in Indian Territory the following March. See Trail of Tears on the Natchez Trace for additional information.

Location

Trail of Tears Water Route Overlook on the Natchez Trace, Milepost 328.7

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