Type Tennessee State Park Nearest city Cleveland, Tennessee Area 61 ha Added to NRHP 14 September 1972 | Open year round NRHP Reference # 72001229 Phone +1 423-478-0339 | |
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Location Bradley County, Tennessee Address 1140 Red Clay Park Rd SW, Cleveland, TN 37311, USA Similar Booker T Washington State Park, Cordell Hull Birthplace, Museum Center at 5ive Points, Harrison Bay State Park, Fort Pillow State Park | ||
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Red Clay State Historic Park is a state park located in southern Bradley County, Tennessee. The park is also listed as an interpretive center along the Cherokee Trail of Tears. It encompasses 263 acres (1.06 km2) of land and is located just above the Tennessee-Georgia stateline.
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The park was the site of the last seat of Cherokee national government before the 1838 enforcement of the Indian Removal Act of 1830 by the U.S. military, which resulted in most of the Cherokee people in the area being forced to emigrate West. Eleven general councils were held between 1832 and 1837.
The James F. Corn Interpretive Center features exhibits about 18th and 19th century Cherokee culture, government, economy, recreation, religion and history. A series of stained glass windows depicts the forced removal of the Cherokee and subsequent Trail of Tears emigration. There is also a video about the Cherokee. Outside there is a replica of a Cherokee farmstead and a Council House.
Other nearby Cherokee points of interest are the cabin of Chief John Ross located in Rossville, Georgia and the grave site of Nancy Ward in Benton, Tennessee.