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Major Ridge, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Tribe of Indians, moved to this spot about 1794 and built this dwelling. Later owners modernized it. His ferry and trading post made this farm a tribal center, and here the final treaty for the Cherokee removal was negotiated from 1835 to 1838.
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