The Trail of Tears recognizes the forced removal of Native Americans from their homelands in the Southeastern United States and the paths they traveled westward in 18.Ī nice place for a quiet walk or a picnic, though with the river so close, I wouldn't let the kids wander out of my site.Īt one time, a covered bridge crossed the river, but it's been gone at least ten years.
Port Royal is designated as an official site on the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail. The town of Port Royal was founded in 1797 and rose to great prominence in the early part of the 19th century because of its strategic location at the head of navigation on the Red River, serving all of Northern Middle Tennessee and South Central Kentucky and at a major stage line route This park allows you to see an area first settled in the early 1780s along the Red River.
In the early days of Europeans settling the area, rivers were the equivalent of today's interstates.
