3,400 members of the Creek Nation died in Alabama due to the horrific conditions they encountered along what became known as ...

The Cherokee people called this journey the "Trail of Tears," because of its devastating effects. The migrants faced hunger, disease, and exhaustion on the forced march. Over 4,000 out of 15,000 ...

The Trail of Tears Remembrance Committee is working with ... conditions were brutal for the nearly 10,000 Cherokee, Muscogee (Creek), enslaved and other individuals who journeyed along the ...