The next meeting of the Georgia Chapter of the Trail of Tears Association will take place on Saturday, July 10, 2010 at 10:30 a.m. at the Sautee Nacoochee Community Association Center near Helen, GA.

Our guest speaker will be Dr. Jack T. Wynn, retired U. S. Forest Service archaeologist and currently a part-time professor of Anthropology at North Georgia College and State University in Dahlonega.

His topic will be the Unicoi Turnpike trade route. Most of this turnpike is extensively researched and marked in Tennessee, something that Wynn has been attempting to accomplish here in Georgia.

Our meetings are free and open to the public. You need not have Native American ancestry to attend our meetings, just an interest and desire to learn more about this fascinating and tragic period in our country’s history. or more information about the TOTA, visit the National TOTA website at www.nationaltota.org and the Georgia Chapter website at www.gatrailoftears.org.

For more information about the July meeting, contact Vice President Leslie Thomas at 706-635-3864 (leave message) or via email aeriehollow@ellijay.com.