100: Bradley County's Bloody Past: Fort Cass and The Trail of Tears
About this episode
The episode explores the dark history of Bradley County, focusing on the Indian Removal Act and the Trail of Tears.
Episode 100! We honestly can’t believe we’re saying that. To everyone who has listened along with us over these last few years, thank you. We are so happy you’ve stuck it out with us through 100 episodes of true crime, dark history, spooky stories, rambling, laughing, and everything in between. We started The Stabbin Stylist because we wanted to tell people about the history, crimes, and spooky things here in the Southeast that they may not know much about. We’ve always loved the place we come from, and we’ve always believed some of the most fascinating (and sometimes darkest) stories are the ones that happened right here in our own backyard. For our 100th episode, we wanted to do something especially meaningful for our local listeners. We’re digging into one of the darkest chapters in Bradley County’s past: the Indian Removal Act, the forced removal of the Cherokee people, the Trail of Tears, and the role our own area played in it. From Fort Cass and the removal camps scattered across Bradley County to the thousands of Cherokee people who were held here before being forced west, this history happened on the land we drive past and live on every single day. This is a story about…
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