The current Chief John Ross House Association president says the historic house in Rossville would be better off with the ...

John Ross, long-time leader of the Cherokee Nation, was born on Oct. 3, 1790, in Cherokee territory now part of Alabama. He grew up near Lookout Mountain on the Tennessee-Georgia border.

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It's been 175 years since the final detachment of Cherokee Indians, removed from their homes and sent west on the Trail of Tears, reached their destination near Tahlequah.