A preserved 1804 brick plantation home built for Cherokee leader James Vann, whose wealth and complicated history make the site an important window into Cherokee life before forced removal. State interpretation addresses the Vann family, enslaved labor and the upheaval that culminated in the Trail of Tears.
Filed under weird history: real events too strange to have made the textbook.
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Source: gastateparks.org/ChiefVannHouse