United States, Georgia, Gordon County, 34.50336, -84.87575United States, Georgia, Gordon County, New Town, 34.53064, -84.905781976New Echota, July 4, 1976. Cherokee Indian leaders pose for a photograph behind the plaque dedicating New Echota as a National Historic Landmark. In 1825 New Echota was designated the capital of the Cherokee Nation. It is located northeast of Calhoun.2003/06/13: According to <i>Georgia Place Names</i> by Kenneth K. Krakow, New Echota "was founded in 1819, and the derivation of the name is from the Cherokee Indian word, <i>echota</i>, meaning "town." It was known by various other names at different times, including NEW TOWN, FORK FERRY, and GANSAGI (q.v.). On November 12, 1825 the Cherokee council assembled here and resolved to build a permanent capital at this site. A school and court house were then built, and in 1828 the first Indian newspaper in the United States, <i>The Cherokee Phoenix</i>, was published here. Ten years later, General Winfield Scott set up his headquarters here, where he commanded 8,000 troops who ruthlessly removed 13,000 Cherokee Indians to the West. On March 13, 1957, the state assembly authorized the reconstruction of New Echota, the last capital of the Cherokee Nation." The present-day capital of the Cherokee Nation is in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.image/jpeghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/Cherokee Indians--GeorgiaIndians of North America--Georgia--New EchotaSpecial events--Georgia--New Echota[Photograph of Cherokee leaders, New Echota, Gordon County, Georgia, 1976 July 4]StillImage