EARTHSC 1105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 33: Shenandoah National Park, Clingmans Dome, Thrust Fault
28 Nov 2017
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1830 president andrew jackson signed into law the indian removal act, which eventually resulted in the forced removal of all native american tribes east of the. 1838 the cherokee nation was forcibly removed from their ancestral home in the. Great smoky mountains and forced to reservations in the oklahoma territory. This tragic episode in our history is known as the trail of tears . A few cherokee remained hidden in the mountains. Today several thousand live on the qualla reservation in north carolina, adjoining the park. 1860s the first scientific study of the great smokies was conducted by clingman and. Late 1890s a bill was introduced in the north carolina legislature to form a public land preserve in the appalachian mountains. Mid-1920s supporters in knoxville, tennessee and ashville, north carolina pushed for the formation of a national park in the appalachian mountains. 1926 president calvin coolidge signed a bill to provide for the establishment of great.
