Cherokee removals through Alabama included water route detachments. Removal by water on steamboat and flatboat proved to be very hard for the Indians with hundreds of lives lost. The Bell Detachment of 660 Cherokee also passed through northeast Alabama in late 1838.
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This itinerary connects to the Find Your Park! Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama.
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Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service