501 Riverside Parkway | Rome, Georgia 30161 | 706-291-9494
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The Life of Major Ridge
Major Ridge was born about 1771 in a village in the southeastern portion of present day Tennessee.
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Chieftains Museum/Major Ridge Home
501 Riverside Parkway | Rome, Georgia 30161
Mailing Address: PO Box 373 | Rome, Georgia 30162
706-291-9494
The Trail of Tears
Chieftains Museum/Major Ridge Home is a National Historic Landmark and one of only a few private entities to be certified by the National Park Service as a site on the Trail of Tears. Major Ridge, whose old home Chieftains now occupies, was one of the signers of the Treaty of New Echota, which resulted in the forced relocation of the Cherokee people.