JEFFERSON CITY, MO, AUG. 19, 2024 – What role did early Missourians play in the Cherokee removal story? Is it a derisive story of racism, indifference and greed? With funding from the Missouri Humanities Council and the Trail of Tears Association, a great deal of new information has been uncovered, and a new story has developed.
Join Watkins Mill State Park team members Saturday, Aug. 24, at 1 p.m. to learn the story of care and effort extended by many of the earliest Missouri settlers and farmers who aided the Cherokees on their trek across frontier Missouri. Based on newly discovered documents from almost 200-year-old contemporaneous government records and the newest GIS techniques, this newly discovered information brings the story to life.
Meet at the park’s visitor center at 26600 Park Road N in Lawson. Registration is not required and the program is free, open to the public and sponsored by the Missouri Speakers Bureau. The Missouri Speakers Bureau is jointly organized and managed by Missouri Humanities and the State Historical Society of Missouri.
For detailed information, please visit mostateparks.com/events. For more information on state parks and historic sites, visit mostateparks.com. Missouri State Parks is a division of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
