People in the Little River region were rounded up and marched along the Trail of Tears’ Benge Route, so-named for John Benge, who led the detachment of soldiers leading the march. At Lake ...

BATESVILLE — The stories that come from the Trail of Tears are as numerous as the ... In 1828, for instance, about 1,200 Cherokees on the Benge Route were denied free access to Pittman's Ferry ...

Erin Whitson with the Missouri Humanities Council shares with us the details of the Trail of Tears and where ... And then the Benge route cuts across the boot heel into Arkansas, then they cut ...

In 1987, Congress recognized this so-called Northern Route of ... led by John Benge passed through the frontier village of Fayetteville. They were traveling on the Trail of Tears from the Cherokee ...

Saturday's presentaion, held at the Visitors' Center of the Trail of Tears State Park, was a companion to a lecture King gave Friday afternoon, "The John Benge Detachment: A Unique Route of the ...

BATESVILLE — Old Independence Regional Museum will host the Arkansas chapter of the Trail of Tears Association on Saturday at 1 p.m. The group will discuss the Benge route through north central ...

Arkansas’ Trail of Tears map should be finished in about ... and Benge routes or work with the state to sign the Bell and Benge route,” said Mahr. “The whole idea of this idea was to correct ...

The Northern Route, the Hildebrand Route and the Benge Route, all stretches of the Trail of Tears, meandered through the state. Nearly two hours from St. Louis sits the Trail of Tears State Park ...

The ceremony was designed to honor the approximately 1,100 Cherokee Indians who endured the Trail of Tears Benge Route, named after John Benge, who led the detachment in 1838 on a route to ...