501 Riverside Parkway | Rome, Georgia 30161 | 706-291-9494
Major Ridge was born about 1771 in a village in the southeastern portion of present day Tennessee.
Learn More »Open Wednesday - Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Adults $5.00 Seniors $3.00 Students $2.00
Programs are offered from 9:30-11:30am each day from November 14th-December 21st. An indoor picnic location is provided from 11:30am-12:30pm. The cost is $10 per student. Students will have a chance to ice skate for 30 minutes before rotating through two 45-minute classroom experiences to learn about Cherokee history from Chieftains Museum staff and hibernating animals from the ECO Center staff.
Chieftains Museum/Major Ridge Home
501 Riverside Parkway | Rome, Georgia
706-291-9494
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.