Subject Overview

The map below shows the approximate location of the Trail of Tears, Wire Road, Wilson's Creek National Battlefield, and Delaware Town. The Delaware Indians settled along the James River in the 1820's. The Cherokee moved through Greene and Christian Counties on the Trail of Tears in 1838. Documents place the Trail of Tears near the Danforth House in eastern Greene County and at Bell Tavern near the Delaware Town Bridge in nothern Christian County. Events during the battle at Wilson's Creek also took place in the Delaware Town area. The artifacts shown in the slide show are from the Bell Tavern archaeological site.


(Map is based on one prepared by the Greene County Historical Society in 1983, art work by Doris Waddell)