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On the Edge: Lost Graves, Trail of Tears April 1, 2010 By: Harvey Henson,Ryan Leonard,Steven M. Di Naso,Vincent P. Gutowski
During the winter of 1838–39, the great Native American Cherokee Nation trekked across southern Illinois, in a forced removal by the U.S. government from their ancestral homeland in Tennessee. Harried, unequipped, and unsupported by their captors, thousands died on the Trail of Tears. Burial...more >>
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