Supporting The Trail of Tears National Historic Trail
Supporting The Trail of Tears National Historic Trail

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Trail segment along the Northern Route at Pea Ridge National Military Park in northwestern Arkansas. The wayside exhibits overlooking the Arkansas River at Fort Smith National Historic Site, located on the Water Route in western Arkansas, depict in 5 individual panels the removal stories of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee (Creek), and Seminole Nations. The award-winning Trail of Tears exhibit at the Cherokee Heritage Center in Tahlequah, OK, includes a tactile "bead wall," with each bead representing one removed Cherokee, totaling 16,000 beads. Also, life-cast figures depict the travel along the Trail of Tears.

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National Board of Directors


President
Jack Baker
1102 Marlboro Lane
Oklahoma City, OK 73116
Phone: 405-840-1377
JackDBaker@cox.net


Past President
Riley Bock
901 Davis Street
New Madrid, MO 63839


Treasurer
Barbara Heffington
119 Dam Road
Mayflower, AR 72106
Phone: 501-324-9150
bobbie@arkansasheritage.org

     Vice President
Troy Poteete
Cherokee Nation
P.O. Box 948
Tahlequah, OK 74465
Phone: 918-453-5418
twpoteete@cherokee.org

Secretary
Patsy Edgar
795 Torchlight Trace
Dahlonega, GA 30533
Phone: 706-865-7079
edgpj@aol.com
At Large
Duane King
311 Santa Rosa Road
Arcadia, CA 91007
Phone: 323-221-2164
dking@southwestmuseum.org

Ken Blankenship
Museum of the Cherokee Indian
P.O. Box 1599
Cherokee, NC 28719
Phone: 828-497-3481
kenblank@cherokeemuseum.org
    
 
Alabama
Gail Tate King
15019 Hwy. 55
Sterrett, AL 35147
Phone: 256-331-8009
mafihna-wihli@att.net

Robert Thrower
Poarch Creek Indians
5811 Jack Springs Road
Atmore, AL 36502
Phone: 251-583-3785
rgthrower@hotmail.com

Arkansas
Glenn Jones
214 N. Lincoln Street
Lowell, AR 72745
Phone: 479-601-3713
gjsooner@aol.com

Kitty Sloan
817 W. Emerson Street
Paragould, AR 72450
Phone: 870-239-4252
kittysloan@gmail.com

Georgia
Dola Davis
258 Ben Higgins Road
Dahlonega, GA 30533
Phone: 706-864-3432
wddavis1937@alltel.net

Tommy Cox
34 Jill Lane
Cartersville, GA 30120
Phone: 770-382-4012
tc_tota_ga@hotmail.com

Illinois
Darrell Latch
112 W. Sale Street.
Tuscola, IL 61953
Phone: 217-253-5429
sonlight@netcare-il.com

Rowena McClinton
206 Burns Farm Blvd., N.
Edwardsville, IL 62025
Phone: 618-692-0347
rmcclin@siue.edu

Kentucky
Beverly Baker
199 Linton Bay Drive
Cadiz, KY 42211
Phone: 270-924-5484
btbaker@cadizky.com

Alice Murphree
2380 Edward Mill Road
Hopkinsville, KY 42240
Phone: 270-886-5375

Missouri
Denise Dowling
Trail of Tears State Park
429 Moccasin Springs
Jackson, MO 63755
Phone: 573-290-5268
trail.of.tear.state.park@dnr.mo.gov

Deloris Wood
RR 5, Box 134
Salem, MO 65560
Phone: 573-729-2545
tomwood@wavecomputers.net

North Carolina
Ginger Abernathy
P.O. Box 680
Murphy, NC 28906
Phone: 828-837-5871

Mary Ann Thompson
P.O. Box 181
Murphy, NC 28906
Phone: 828-837-6152

     Oklahoma
Betty Barker
Rt. 6, Box 1070
Stilwell, OK 74960
Phone: 918-696-7577
bstarrbarker@alltel.net

Curtis Rohr
24880 South 4106 Road
Claremore, OK 74017
Phone: 918-341-4689
clrfnr58@att.net

Tennessee
Shirley Lawrence
121 Colbaugh Hollow Road
Decatur, TN 37322
Phone: 423-334-3923
clemlaw13@aol.com

Bill Jones
330 Baker Mountain Road
Spencer, TN 38585
Phone: 931-946-7486
billj3370@blomand.net

Cherokee Nation
Troy Poteete
(See Vice President)

Chickasaw Nation
Lisa John
P.O. Box 1548
Ada, OK 74821
Phone: 580-421-7711
lisa.john@chickasaw.net

Choctaw Nation
Sue Folsom
Drawer 1210
Durant, OK 74702-1210
Phone: 580-924-8280
suefolsom@choctawnation.com

Eastern Band of Cherokee
Russell Townsend
P.O. Box 455
Cherokee, NC 28719
RussellT@nc-cherokee.com

Poarch Creek Indians
Eddie Tullis
5811 Jack Springs Road
Atmore, AL 36502
Phone: 251-368-9136




1100 North University, Suite 143
Little Rock, AR 72207
Phone: (501) 666-9032
Fax: (501) 666-5875
E-mail: TOTAJerra@aol.com


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