The New Cannon Detachment Map
We updated the Journal of Lt. B.B. Cannon page. Click here to view the interactive map of the Cannon Detachment’s route as shown above.
Tag Archives: Monograph
There’s a New (Geology) Monograph!
Title: Charles-Alexandre Lesueur in Missouri: 1826 By Walter A. Schroeder, June 2003 Link: https://motrailoftears.com/library/monographs/charles-alexandre-lesueur-in-missouri-1826/ A Geological Summary of the Journal of the Voyage of Charles-Alexandre Lesueur from Harmony, Indiana to Southern Missouri in 1826. The area traversed by Lesueur on his trip to Missouri in 1826 included the geologic extremes of the Mississippi Embayment, a… Read More »
The Undiscovered Story
Let’s talk about how a team of people are sharing the Undiscovered Story of the Cherokee Tribe on the Trail of Tears in Missouri. I’m Chris Dunn, the GIS Guy on the team. For me, this project started sometime in 2019 when Dr. Bill Ambrose and Steve Belko, Ph.D. somehow found me, after looking around the State of Missouri for someone to begin mapping their research and discoveries. I knew very little about the Trail of Tears then.