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Birchwood, TN
Cherokee Removal Memorial Park
6800 Blythe Ferry Lane
Birchwood, TN 37308
931-484-9571
Phase I of the Park, the board walk and wildlife overlook shelters on top of the bluff are complete and open (year round). When you visit the park try to envision the nine encampments of the thousands of Cherokees that waited weeks to be sent across the river here at Blythe Ferry. Some were very sick and many with a sad heart at leaving their beloved homeland. Look up-stream to the island where just a few years earlier the young Sam Houston lived with the Cherokee and received his Indian name, The Raven. You might say this island was the "Mother of Texas."
A federal grant, secured by congressman Zach Wamp, along with a Tennessee state committed grant will build the Visitors Center and Cherokee Genealogical Library which will be Phase II.
Phase III of the park will be the Memorial Wall. If you or your corporation would like to contribute to the Wall Construction please call (423) 334-5850 ext. 1, or write to Friends of Park, P.O. Box 611, Decatur, TN 37322.
Hours: Sunrise to Sunset
Cost: Free Admission
Directions: From I-75 (Cleveland/Dayton), take Hwy 60 North to Birchwood, TN. Go right on Shaddon 1 1/2 miles north of Birchwood. Follow signs.
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