Evenings Upstairs: The Mantle Rock Preserve, A Witness to the Trail of Tears скачать в хорошем качестве

Evenings Upstairs: The Mantle Rock Preserve, A Witness to the Trail of Tears

Recorded November 13, 2024. Presented by Shelly Morris, Kentucky Nature Conservancy & Bob Jost, Vice President of the Kentucky Chapter of the National Trail of Tears Association. Mantle Rock Nature Preserve is a 367-acre natural area that invites visitors to explore rare and unique natural features of Kentucky and offers the meaningful experience of retracing a portion of the Trail of Tears northern route. A two- and three-quarter-mile loop trail follows a one-mile portion of the same historic road traveled by Cherokee people during the forced Indian removal of 1838 and 1839. In this presentation Morris will discuss The Nature Conservancy's history at the site, the ecology and geology of the site, restoration and management actions, recreation opportunities, and the Trail of Tears history that we know of based on historic records from the Cherokee Nation, National Park Service and National Trail of Tears Association. Jost will cover the delay crossing the Ohio at Berry's ferry due to ice and how it impacted this segment of the Northern Land Route, during the difficult winter of '38. He will examine how Mantle Rock has become symbolic as a way point, and a reminder over time both to the National Trail Folks and to the Cherokee, especially the riders.