THE CHEROKEE TRAIL OF TEARS NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL AT OLD JEFFERSON – RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TENNESSEE
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Please let me begin by explaining the discovery of a previously unknown segment of the Trail of Tears by the Native History Association in September of 2012. I will then also explain the importance of the former historic town of Jefferson and why this property is such an extremely significant part of the history of Middle Tennessee….