This map of Rutherford County created from an 1832 survey of Tennessee depicts a little-known route of the Trail of Tears that’s the topic of a free public lecture set Oct. 21 at the Heritage Center of Murfreesboro and Rutherford County. (Photo courtesy of the Heritage Center of Murfreesboro and Rutherford County)
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