Journey Stories is a traveling exhibition that opened in May 2009, and is coming
to the Granville Museum Oct 2- Nov 15, 2010.
Free Admission Wed-Sat 12Noon - 3PM
Free Admission Wed-Sat 12Noon - 3PM
Grand Opening on October 2nd will be at 10:00
a.m. special ceremony as part of the Granville Fall Celebration.
Journey Stories is a Museum on Main
Street project organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service and
brought to us by our state humanities council funded by the United States Congress.
This unique exhibit tell the story of courage,
new beginnings, adventure, fun and freedom that has happened in American since it was discovered. Many
journeys have taken place from the journeys of the first settlers, gold strike, different modes of travel,
vacations, freedom and much more.
Granville has been chosen to host this exhibit based on its rich Tennessee
history as it was a riverboat town on the Cumberland River with a great river history, World War II
Maneuvers, and much more.
Each of us has a powerful journey story deep in
our personal heritage. It may be a story of a family uprooting itself in order to stay together, or of sons and
daughters moving to another land, or of a distant ancestor coming to America.
Immigration and travel over roads,
rails, rivers, trails and skyways shaped America society.
Journey Stories examines how transportation and
migration helped build our nation, how it has changed us, and how our mobile world looked to travelers
along the way.
The Granville Museum and The Smithsonian would like you to submit your family "Journey Stories" on our Facebook Page. Please Share yours with all of us.
The Rowena docked at Niagara Landing in Granville, TN (1925)
The
Cumberland River was the "Trains, Trucks and Car" of transportation in
the 1800's through the Great Depression in the 1930's. (Granville-Images of America)
Sgt. Thomas Jefferson Lee, Co. K, 17th Tennessee Infantry (CSA), was captured here in 1864 while recruiting volunteers in Granville.
Lee was one of a group of Confederate soldiers pardoned by President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865, just one day before the president's death.(Courtesy Cookeville Herald Citizen)
Lee was one of a group of Confederate soldiers pardoned by President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865, just one day before the president's death.(Courtesy Cookeville Herald Citizen)
Trail of Tears: In the winter of 1838-39, several Cherokee groups journeyed almost 1,000 miles to eastern Oklahoma. Most groups followed different land routes, but one group traveled by boat.
Over 4,000 of the 15,000 Cherokee—died along the way from pneumonia, malnutrition, and exposure.
Over 4,000 of the 15,000 Cherokee—died along the way from pneumonia, malnutrition, and exposure.
This is known as Nunna daul Tsuny -- "the trail where they cried."
The Trail of Tears, was painted by Robert Lindneux in 1942
Thank you for showing this picture to everyone.
My name is John
Sentell (Roaming Buffalo inside my indian tribe) and I am a proud
Cherokee Indian who's great grandmother died on the Trail of Tears as
she was forced to march from AL to OK. I am a member of the United
Cherokee Ani-Yun-Wiya Nation, a Cherokee Indian tribe in Guntersville,
AL.
(Map) "Centennial American Republic and Railroad Map of the United States and of the Dominion of Canada," 1875
(Picture top right)
Pacific Coast Steamship Co's Steamer
A ship typical of the kind Chinese workers would take to America. (1870-1880) Library of Congress, LC-USZC2-3512