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 ...

Earlier work on the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail ... traveled west with the Benge Detachment. John Benge led his detachment on a unique route to the West. After traversing Tennessee ...

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 ...

All four of the major routes for the Cherokee Trail of Tears cross ... took the northern route that dropped into the state from Missouri near Pea Ridge Military Park. The Benge and Bell routes ...

A Valley group is fighting to keep its annual Trail of Tears motorcycle ride through Northern Alabama, and a second group is forging ahead with a different route through Southern Tennessee. The ...

WASHINGTON — Twenty years ago, when Congress designated two main routes of the Trail of Tears as historic trails ... to get a better idea of the Benge route's precise path.

Twelve Cherokee citizens are gearing up for a nearly 1,000-mile bicycle journey that traces the historic Trail of Tears, a route their ancestors were forced to walk nearly two centuries ago.