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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQDU_blythe-ferry_Birchwood-TN.html
One of the worst acts of "man's inhumanity" took place when an entire race of peoples were driven from their lands in 1838. It was here at Blythe Ferry that approx. 9000 Cherokees and Creeks camped while waiting to cross the Tennessee River on the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQDT_blythe-ferry_Birchwood-TN.html
Around 1809, William Blythe, a Cherokee, established a ferry at this site to provide transportation for the settlers to the west and the Cherokees to the east. During the 1838 Trail of Tears, it was an important crossing, and it played a military …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQDF_general-winfield-scott_Birchwood-TN.html
General Winfield Scott followed John Wool (1836-1837) and William Lindsay (1837-1838) as commander of Federal troops in the Cherokee nation. Scott arrived at New Echota, Cherokee Nation on April 16, 1838 and assumed command of the "Army of the Che…