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.

Trail of Tears Association
National Board of Directors


PRESIDENT
Jack Baker*
1102 Marlboro Lane
Oklahoma City, OK 73116
JackDBaker@cox.net
Term: 01/11 – 12/13

VICE PRESIDENT
Troy Wayne Poteete*
Cherokee Nation
P.O. Box 948
Tahlequah, OK 74465
twpoteete@cherokee.org
Term: 01/11 –12/10

PAST PRESIDENT
Riley Bock*
901 Davis Street
New Madrid, MO 63839

SECRETARY
Patsy Edgar*
795 Torchlight Trace
Dahlonega, GA 30533
edgpj@aol.com
Term: 01/11 – 12/13

TREASURER
Bobbie Heffington*
119 Dam Road
Mayflower, AR 72106
gdheffington@att.net
Term: 01/11 – 12/13

AT-LARGE

Brett Riggs
University of North Carolina
UNC CB 3120
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
bhriggs@email.unc.edu
Term: 01/11 – 12/104

Duane King
Gilcrease Museum
1400 N. Gilcrease Museum Road
Tulsa, OK 74127
duane-king@utulsa.edu
Term: 01/09 – 12/12

CHEROKEE NATION
Troy Wayne Poteete
(See Vice President)

CHICKASAW NATION
Amanda Cobb-Greetham
P.O. Box 1548
Ada, OK 74821

CHOCTAW NATION
Sue Folsom*
Drawer 1210
Durant, OK 74702-1210
suefolsom@choctawnation.com

EASTERN BAND OF CHEROKEE INDIANS
Russell Townsend
P.O. Box 455
Cherokee, NC 28719

ALABAMA
Gail Tate King
15019 Hwy. 55
Sterrett, AL 35147
gail-king@att.net
Term: 01/11 – 12/14

Larry Smith
1345 Buck Island Drive
Guntersville, AL 35976
buckisland2000@yahoo.com
Term: 01/09 – 12/12

ARKANSAS
John McLarty
1311-A Clayton Street
Springdale, AR 72762
john@nwarpc.com
Term: 01/11 – 12/14

Glenn Jones
623 Spring Creek Street
Lowell, AR 72745-9007
gjsooner@aol.com
Term: 01/09 – 12/12

GEORGIA
Jeff Bishop
27 Brightling Lane
Newman, GA 30265
wjeffbishop@yahoo.com
Term: 01/11 – 12/14

Dola Davis
258 Ben Higgins Road
Dahlonega, GA 30533
wddavis1937@windstream.net
Term: 01/09 – 12/12

ILLINOIS
Rowena McClinton
206 Burns Farm Blvd., N.
Edwardsville, IL 62025
rmcclin@siue.edu
Term: 01/09 – 12/12

Herman Peterson*
48 MJ Lane #2
De Soto, IL 62924
hpeterso@lib.siu.edu
Term: 01/09 – 12/12

KENTUCKY
Beverly Baker
199 Linton Bay Drive
Cadiz, KY 42211
btbaker@toast.net
Term: 01/07 – 12/10

Alice Murphree
2380 Edward Mill Road
Hopkinsville, KY 42240 amurphree1139@bellsouth.net
Term: 01/09 – 12/12

MISSOURI
Denise Dowling
1726 Anna Street
Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
denise.dowling@dnr.mo.gov
Term: 01/11 – 12/14

Deloris Wood
6009 South Highway 19
Salem, MO 65560
lostgeneration@embarqmail.com
Term: 01/09 – 12/12

NORTH CAROLINA
Ginger Abernathy
P.O. Box 680
Murphy, NC 28906
Term: 01/11 – 12/14

Anne Rogers
P.O. Box 1311
Cullowhee, NC 28723
rogers@email.wcu.edu
Term: 01/09 – 12/12

OKLAHOMA
Curtis Rohr
24880 South 4106 Road
Claremore, OK 74019
clrfnr58@yahoo.com
Term: 01/11 – 12/14

Marybelle Chase
5802 East 22nd Place
Tulsa, OK 74114
mchase15@cox.net
Term: 01/09 – 12/12

TENNESSEE
Cleata Townsend
4409 Lonsdale Drive
Chattanooga, TN 37411
humanbeing_2@hotmail.com
Term: 01/11 – 12/14

Shirley Lawrence
121 Colbaugh Hollow Road
Decatur, TN 37322
clemlaw13@aol.com
Term: 01/09 – 12/12




* denotes executive committee member


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


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