Hi Jes- It was the Oklahoma Historical Society Archives-was there for about five years then started volunteering at our Will Rogers Airport.I'm the only one out there who actually knew him long ago.My Grandparents lived in Fort Gibson and his In-lws were either next door or across the street.- so when Will and his wife came there we got to visit. Knew his kids too. He tried to get my Dad to move to California and run his ranch. Seems a million years ago. Speaking of that low life Jackson, he wouln't even see the Cherokees later. Oleta On Sun, 1 Oct 2006 08:52:18 EDT HealTheCircle@aol.com writes: > Yes...Oleta....I have heard the story of Andrew Jackson....and he was > no > friend to the Cherokee. I am aware of the story of him almost being > killed, > except for a Cherokee saving his life. And he repays them by > signing for the > Removal. But he was a politician. > > Now...Oleta was it the Sequoyah Research Center, in LR, where you > volunteered?? I live in Hector, AR (about an hour from LR), for > part of the year on my > family's land (Sikes,Voss)....and the rest of the year in WI. > > I was able to go to Tahlequah, last year, with a couple of friends > of mine, > and stayed at the Herrin's place....the one near the Heritage > Center. That > home has lots of old memories, I felt the presence of the old ones > there. > Understand that was built on the spot where some of the original > homes were?? > > That's when I saw the Heritage Center and the display about the TOT. > I > truly felt how it must have been by looking and hearing those > accounts. Did the > same at the Cherokee, NC, Eastern Nation Museaum. Have you been > there?? I > think both museums give you an idea of how horrible it was for the > > Cherokee...and the other tribes who were removed. > > I have not been to the Sequoyah Research Center, personally, as yet, > but > have researched their digital records of the articles on the "water > route". I > was very impressed with how avidly they are protecting the various > routes that > go through AR. I also want to go to the Symposium they have, but > I'm never > down there when it happens. > > Thanks again for your stories....hearing them first hand is the way > we learn > the "real history". > > jes > . > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INDIAN-TERRITORY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message > >