Trail of Tears National Historic Trail

Trail of Tears National Historic Trail

Trail of Tears National Historic Trail. The forced removal of the Cherokee Nation from the southeastern United States reveals one of the darkest chapters in American history.

Steelville Archeologist Erin Whitson

This episode introduces Archaeologist Erin Whitson, the first in her field to focus on finding and interpreting historic encampment sites along the Trail of Tears to learn what the experience was like for people walking the path westward.

St. Louis Public Radio (KWMU) “My Ozarks” tells the story of Erin Whitson, an archaeologist who researches her hometown’s connections to the brutal history of Cherokee removal.

Archaeologist Erin Whitson

This episode introduces Archaeologist Erin Whitson, the first in her field to focus on finding and interpreting historic encampment sites along the Trail of Tears to learn what the experience was like for people walking the path westward.

My Ozarks continues to Steelville, a town of 1,500 people in Crawford County, Missouri. Steelville is located along the Northern Route of the Trail of Tears