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Lirpa Anad Nitsud

Tue, 23 Oct 2018 23:22:45 +0000

Alabama Attractions Fort Payne Alabama Lirpa Anad Nitsud Robot made from scrap. Located on County Road 89. Take County Road 89 to caution light at Fisher Crossroads. Continue past the light and Lirpa Anad Nitsud is across from the Shell station. Lirpa Anad Nitsud [AFG_gallery id=’5′]

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DeSoto Falls

Wed, 17 May 2017 23:33:04 +0000

Hike the two mile Desoto Falls Trail near Helen to a pair of waterfalls where, legend holds, a piece of armor was found from DeSoto's expedition in the mid-1500s.

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Willstown Mission Cemetery

Thu, 13 Apr 2017 02:06:47 +0000

In 1823 Cherokee leaders John Ross, Andrew Ross, and George Lowery persuaded the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions to open a mission/school for the Cherokee in Willstown. Situated on the main road from Ross’s Landing to Willstown, the property was adjacent to a council ground frequently used by the Cherokee during the 1820s […]

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Fort Payne Cabin Site

Tue, 11 Apr 2017 01:21:38 +0000

Location: At the east end of 4th Street SE (just east of Gault Avenue S), Fort Payne Telephone: (256) 845-6888 (Landmarks of DeKalb Company, site owner) Access: Open to the public by appointment Historical Significance: In 1837 federal troops arrived in Wills Valley to establish a fort to remove the Cherokee Indians from the area. […]

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Andrew Ross Home

Tue, 11 Apr 2017 01:06:11 +0000

The Andrew Ross Home

Visitors to our area will soon discover new signs identifying the Andrew Ross Home, along with the Willstown Mission Cemetery and old Fort Payne Cabin Site, as official components of the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail. The congressionally designated trail commemorates the tragic history of the 1838 removal of the Cherokee people from their ancestral homelands to territory in the west.

Illustration of the Andrew Ross portion of Cherokee Plantation.
Illustration of the Andrew Ross portion of Cherokee Plantation. Source: “The Cherokee Plantation, Fort Payne, Alabama”, by Royce Kershaw, Sr., 1970. The logs are still in the walls of the existing home.
Located just off the intersection of 45th Street and Godfrey Avenue NE, the Andrew Ross home is privately owned by Dr. Stephen Brewer. The present structure retains intact portions of the original home built in 1821 by Cherokee leader Andrew Ross and his wife, Susannah (Susan) Lowery Ross, who was the daughter of Assistant Principal Chief George Lowery. Long thought to be the home of Daniel Ross, Andrew’s father, recent research has revealed the home’s true origins. In addition to the home, which had an impressive second story balcony across the front, the property included stables, numerous outbuildings, farmlands, orchards and pastures.

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DESOTO STATE PARK – ALABAMA

Thu, 11 Sep 2014 19:45:24 +0000

DeSoto Falls is a magnificent 100-foot waterfall on the outskirts of the charming town of Mentone, Alabama. Formed where the West Fork of the Little River plunges off a Lookout Mountain cliff, the waterfall is one of the most beautiful in the South.

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