Items

• John Ross
  Photograph of lithograph of young John Ross, titled John Ross, Cherokee Chief, originally found in History of The Indian Tribes of North America, with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs, assembled by Thomas L. McKenney and James Hall between 1836 and 1844. John Ross (1790-1866), was Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1828-1866. He established a trading post known as Ross's Landing which later became Chattanooga. His home in Rossville, Georgia is still standing. John Ross left on the Trail of Tears in 1838.
• John Ross
  Sketch of older John Ross, created by Walter Edward Blythe, from a colored lithograph in History of the Indian Tribes of North America, with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs, assembled by Thomas L. McKenney and James Hall between 1836 and 1844.John Ross was Principal Chief of the Cherokees from 1828-1866 and led one of the groups from Chattanooga to Indian Territory in the Trail of Tears in 1838.
• John Ross
  Sketch of older John Ross, created by Walter Edward Blythe, from a colored lithograph in History of the Indian Tribes of North America, with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs, assembled by Thomas L. McKenney and James Hall between 1836 and 1844.John Ross was Principal Chief of the Cherokees from 1828-1866 and led one of the groups from Chattanooga to Indian Territory in the Trail of Tears in 1838.
• Chief John Ross House
  Color postcard of the Chief John Ross House, located in Rossville, Georgia. Color King postcard
• Chief John Ross correspondence, 1830
  Ross, Principal Chief of the Cherokees from 1828 to 1866, protested the removal of the Cherokee through legal action. This letter is to the Georgia Attorney General George Crawford, advising him of Ross's efforts to stop Georgia from enacting or enforcing laws in the Cherokee Nation.
• John Ross House celebration
  House is in Rossville, Georgia.
• Celebration at the John Ross House
• Memorial service at John Ross House in Rossville, Georgia
• Monument of Quatie, wife of John Ross, at Mount Holly Cemetery
  Elizabeth "Quatie" Ross accompanied her husband, John Ross, Principal Chief of the Cherokees, on the last detachment to Oklahoma. The Ross Party traveled by boat to reach Indian Territory. Quatie succumbed to pneumonia at Little Rock, Arkansas, and was buried there. This monument was erected at Mount Holly Cemetery by the Daughters of 1812.
• Chief John Ross portrait
• Chief John Ross
  Photograph of a drawing of John Ross (1790-1866), Chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1828-1866. Photograph from one volume of eight scrapbooks compiled by E. Y. Chapin, Walter Cline, and Frank F. Stoops of the Chattanooga Half Century Club.
• Chief John Ross
  Chief John Ross (1790-1866), Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1828-1866. He established a trading post known as Ross's Landing which later became Chattanooga. His home in Rossville, Georgia is still standing. John Ross left the area on the Trail of Tears in 1838. Caption under photo reads "John Ross file photo."