What U.S. state was the end point of the Trail of Tears?
The Trail of Tears: Cherokee Legacy The Trail of Tears: Cherokee Legacy The Trail of Tears: Cherokee Legacy is a 2006 documentary by Rich-Heape Films. It presents the history of the forcible removal and relocation of Cherokee people from southeastern states of the United States to territories west of the Mississippi River, particularly to the Indian Territory in the future Oklahoma. This removal in the 1830s has been popularly referred to as the "Trail of Tears." It followed the Indian Removal Act of 1845. This action was part of a larger United States policy of Indian removal. Actor Wes Studi as on-camera presenter James Earl Jones
Trail of Tears State Park and on the Mississippi River. A lookout offers a view of the river and Illinois on the opposite shore. The park has four trails: Peewah - ; Lake – ; Sheppard Point – ; and Nature – . Trail of Tears State Park Trail of Tears State Park is a public recreation area covering bordering the Mississippi River in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. The state park stands as a memorial to those Cherokee Native Americans who died on the Cherokee Trail of Tears. The park's interpretive center features exhibits about the Trail of Tears as well as displays and specimens