Trail of Tears Iris?

have any of you heard of the the Trail of Tears iris? I was trying to find names and information on some of my own iris and came across this article and thought what a beautiful Iris.
and put this link up in the story http://cubits.org/ellasgarden/articles/view/221/

Oh what I would give to have a piece of this one. The story is so special.. THANKS FOR THIS LINK.
I have gone back 3 times now.LOL

This is awesome! I wonder if there are any of those iris around here where I live.
What a beautiful story!!! Thanks for sharing! :)

The Trail of Tears story is real. Pic of a rest stop near exit 30 on I-57 in southern Illinois. Supposedly, the trail came thru that general area.

Yes indeed the Trail of Tears is a true story. It is a terrible story of what the white men did to the Indians and how they herded them like animals off their property, through snow and thousands of them died along the way. There is also a book "Trail of Tears" that is very interesting but very sad to say the least.

Have you ever noticed in the movies that 99% of the time the Indians are always portrayed as the bad guys? If one was to read this book then you would understand why they scalped the white men. We "took" their land and their way of life from them. I just wonder how any of us would feel to have someone come onto our property and tell us they were going to take it away from us and we would have to move onto a reservation 100's of miles away. Needless to say 90% of what the white man told the indians they would get in exchange for their land was a lie. Our Ancestors took them to the cleaners so to speak.

By the way, I too am of indian decent and can trace by gr grandfather applying for citizenship into the Cherokee Nation, now know at Oklahoma. Tracing one's family history is very intersting and educational. That's the first time I've ever read anything about an iris and the trail of tears. I have read about the old Cherokee Rose that they marked the paths with.

Maybe we should all get some of thoses white irises.
Happy Gardening Marian

well, it's about time, but I can testify that the Indians are taking over the wealth in Oklahoma

They are probably the richest sovereign nation in the western hemisphere.The Chickasaw, the Choctaw, they are using the casino monies to the betterment of their people. Many , many tribal hospitals, schools, child care centers, treatment centers. One of the largest employers in the state of Okla

They recently purchased Remington Park horse race track in OK city and Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, TX and they are already trying to get permission for casinos on both properties

I live 3 miles from the fifth biggest casino in the world. Winstar Casinos, huge golf course, one of the nicest rv parks I have seen, a ems center and fire department to serve the community. They have donated much to our small country school system

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the Trail of Tears is a real story. They tried very hard to drive all the Cherokee out of the North Carolina mountains, too, thinking there would be gold there. Many hid out in the Blue Ridge Mountains and were hunted by the soldiers of President Andrew Jackson, who they had thought of as a friend.

The joke was on the white man, there was no major gold find in NC. But thousands were herded off. And where once good solid caring sharing neighbors of a different race had been, now they had a bunch greedy seedy gold hunters, not solid family types as before. There's a story of what lead up to the Trail of Tears told in outdoor theatre up at Cherokee NC that's still popular today. "Unto These Hills" is the 2nd oldest outdoor theatre in the country. They created the theatre out of a mountainside with natural materials. It's a bit like watching a play in the middle of the forest.

Of note, the Cherokee reservation up there now, repopulated with returning Cherokee, has the most popular tourist attraction in the whole state - our one and only casino! So guess you could say it took the Cherokee coming back for anyone to find the gold! Cherokee here are very into perserving their heritage.

I think the oldest outdoor theatre might be "The Lost Colony," down near Manteo NC. Story of Virginia Dare and the colony lost before Jamestown was founded.

My home town, Pioche, Nevada has irises in the cemetery that have been there over 50 years. White and purple mostly. The US government took over the mines in the early 40s during the war and those in the Army that were not able to go to oversees to war were sent to work in the mines. Many of these soldiers came from all over the US. My father had lost an eye when a child, so he was sent there and then stayed and lived there and died there. I will have my sister-in-law take photos of the whites. They are actually in the many cemetery in all three small towns in that area.

So where can we get this Iris???

This is a iris we thought we had lost after my grandmother passed.
When I moved into her home after she passed, most all of the iris did not bloom that yr. So I started moving things around. This bloomed this yr. And I got a ID.
Still have many to ID

Chickasaw Sue

Earthspinner I am so glad you found her iris. I have always liked that one. She had good taste. It is so nice to have something a loved one grew so we can remember them each time we see it.

Chickasaw Sue is a great iris. Always popular

Bumping this to the front to mix with another thread about ToT.