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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PRESIDENT
Jack Baker
1102 Marlboro Lane
Oklahoma City, OK 73116
JackDBaker@cox.net
Term: 01/08 – 12/10

VICE PRESIDENT
Troy Wayne Poteete
Cherokee Nation
P.O. Box 948
Tahlequah, OK 74465
twpoteete@cherokee.org
Term: 01/08 –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: 01/08 – 12/10

TREASURER
Bobbie Heffington
119 Dam Road
Mayflower, AR 72106
gdheffington@att.net
Term: 01/08 – 12/10

AT-LARGE
Ken Blankenship
Museum of the Cherokee Indian
P.O. Box 1599
Cherokee, NC 28719
kenblank@cherokeemuseum.org
Term: 01/07 – 12/10

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

MUSCOGEE (CREEK) NATION
Joyce Bear
P.O. Box 580
Okmulgee, OK 74447
preservation@muscogeenation-nsn.gov

ALABAMA
Gail Tate King
15019 Hwy. 55
Sterrett, AL 35147
gail-king@att.net
Term: 01/07 – 12/10

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: 01/07 – 12/10

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

GEORGIA
Tommy Cox
34 Jill Lane
Cartersville, GA 30120
tc_tota_ga@hotmail.com
Term: 01/07 – 12/10

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: 01/07 – 12/10

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
trail.of.tears.state.park@dnr.mo.gov
Term: 01/07 – 12/10

Deloris Wood
RR 5, Box 134
Salem, MO 65560
lostgeneration@embarqmail.com
Term: 01/09 – 12/12

NORTH CAROLINA
Ginger Abernathy
P.O. Box 680
Murphy, NC 28906
Term: 01/07 – 12/10

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 74017
clrfnr58@att.net
Term: 01/07 – 12/10

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

TENNESSEE
Bill Jones
330 Baker Mountain Road
Spencer, TN 38585
billj3370@blomand.net
Term: 01/07 – 12/10

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



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