Historic Trails: Trail of Tears, Sequoyah Birthplace Museum. Cherokee written language!

National Historic Trails: Trail of Tears

Sequoyah's Birthplace Museum Grounds

Address: 576 TN-360, Vonore, TN 37885

Join Aaron as he shares what he learned from his stop at this National Historic Trail site. He visits the museum grounds to explore what would have been near Sequoyah's birthplace. You can visit the museum by visiting the links below.

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"The Story of Sequoyah

Sequoyah (c. 1776-1843)

Never before or since, in the history of the world, has one man not literate in any language, perfected a system for reading and writing a language.

Visitors to the Sequoyah Birthplace Museum will experience the life of the man Sequoyah – father, soldier, silversmith, statesman and creator of the Cherokee writing system. At the center of the story the deeply personal quest of Sequoyah’s single-minded concentration on solving the mystery of the “talking leaves.” He spent those years in near isolation, facing down social derision and tribal suspicion, enduring family rebellion, and believing – almost alone – that he could create a written language for the Cherokee.

Although he had no formal education, he brought his Cherokee heritage, his skills as an artisan, and his hopes for his people into the fires of his imagination, and wrought the sounds of the Cherokee language into symbols his people could easily understand and learn. After his long travail, practically overnight, the Cherokee began using Sequoyah’s syllabary to transform themselves into a literate society, an accomplishment that changed both their lives and his."

FROM: http://www.sequoyahmuseum.org/experie...

"They called him Sequoyah, and he gave his people a gift that will endure forever. He gave them a writing system, so that the greatness of the Cherokee could live as a part of history. Never before, or since, in the history of the world has one man, not literate in any language, perfected a system for reading and writing a language until Sequoyah.

The museum is located in the Great Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee on the shores of beautiful Tellico Lake, equipped with a boat dock for those arriving by water. The new Max D. Ramsey Shoreline Trail features 1.5 miles of walking trail, along the shoreline, bridges and boardwalks through the marshy areas."

FROM: https://www.tnvacation.com/local/vono...

National Historic Trails Interactive Maps
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DIRECTIONS
From Nashville
Take I-40 East to I-75 South, exit I-75 onto Tennessee State Highway 72 East and follow to Vonore. Turn left on U.S.411 North and follow to Right Turn on Hwy 360 at Traffic Light.