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After the disputed 1835 Treaty of New Echota, the U.S. Army rounded up some 15,000 Cherokees in 1838 and force-marched most of them 800 miles west. As many as 4,000 died of disease, cold, and starvation on the route remembered as the Trail of Tears.
Trail of Tears is a historical marker in Calhoun, Gordon County, erected in 1989. It is one of 65 historical markers documented in Gordon County, among 104 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 34.5408, -84.9097 near Calhoun. The nearest cataloged historic site is Cherokee Indian Memorial (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include New Echota, New Echota Ferry, and New Echota Cemetery.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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