Saturday, December 7, 2024 Steelville Community Park.
2nd Annual, Remember the Removal Walk, Ride, and Bike along the original Trail of Tears northern route east of Steelville.
All proceeds will benefit the establishment of a Trail of Tears Monument in the Community Park.
- For the 5-mile walk, participants should meet at the Steelville Community Park. The start time is 12:30. Shuttles will be available to transport them to the starting location on Long Springs Road. The walk will end at the Steelville Community Park.
- The 13-mile trail ride starts at Brickey’s slab and ends at the Steelville Community Park. Start Time Noon. The bike route can be viewed on Strava.com
The 30-mile Bike Ride starts and ends at the Steelville Community Park. Start time 10:00 A.M.
Registration is $35.00 for each participant 16 and older and $20 for youth ages 10 to 15 prior to Nov. 15, 2023. After November 15, adult registration is $40 and youth is $25 with no guarantee to receive a T-shirt. Children younger than 10 can participate for free and do not need to register but they will not receive a T-shirt.
These are not timed events.
- The Cherokee Indian Nation’s forced relocation in 1838 via the “Trail of Tears” is an acknowledged tragedy in U.S. history. The Trail of Tears, was a terrible and sorrowful journey, one that the Cherokee Nation has yet to overcome. During this relocation process, 10 Cherokee detachments were forced to make the passage through Steelville, Missouri. Those detachments camped on the H. E. Davis Farm. The location is now the Steelville Community Park. The December 7th. Walk, Bike, Ride is close to the actual date Native Americans walked this route and camped at what is now the Community Park.
Sponsorship
- At the $125 sponsorship level you will be able to put your company name on the back of the participant t-shirts.
- At the $275 sponsorship level you will be able to put your company logo on the back of the participant t-shirt.
- At the $500 sponsorship level you will be able to put your company logo on the back of the participant t-shirts, and on sponsorship sign at the park, and also two free race registrations.
- At the $1,000 sponsorship level you will be able to put your company logo on the back of the participant t-shirts, four sponsorship sign along the race route and also four free race registrations.
- Other donation amounts are accepted as well.
- Register by November 15 to guarantee placement.
Mail your tax-deductible contribution to: Steelville Area Historical Society, 10535 Doc Polk
Rd., Steelville, MO 65565 or submit your sponshorship online (see below). - Contact Rob Viehman for more information. robviehman@mac.com
Donate
We seek to fund a monument showing respect to the men, women, and children who died and were buried along the trail through Crawford County, at the same time recognizing the strength and resiliency of those who made it to Indian Territory (Oklahoma). Please help make this monument a reality. Checks can be made payable to: STV HS ToT Memorial, and mailed to: Steelville Area Historical Society, 10535 Doc Polk Rd., Steelville, Mo 65565, or dropped off at any First Community National Bank Location
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