- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- Monument dedicated at old Cherokee Capital. Members of the Georgia Press Association were among the crowds shown around the marker at New Echota, the old Indian capital near Calhoun, Ga., which was unveiled on September 17. - Staff Photo
- Date of Original:
- 1931
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Georgia
Indians of North America--Georgia--Gordon County
Architecture--Georgia--Gordon County
Arts--Georgia--Gordon County
Special events--Georgia--Gordon County - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Gordon County, 34.50336, -84.87575
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Near New Echota, Sept. 17, 1931. Crowd shown at the dedication of a monument erected by the government of the United States in honor of the Cherokee Nation. The monument was located at Bonner's Spring near New Echota. In 1825 New Echota was designated the capital of the Cherokee Nation. It is located northeast of Calhoun. In 1976 the restored village of New Echota was named a National Historic Landmark.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_gor266
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:gor266
- Rights Holder:
- Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260.
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- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
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