The Treaty of New Echota was a treaty signed on December 29, 1835, in New Echota, Georgia, by officials of the United States government and representatives of a minority Cherokee political faction, the Treaty Party.
John Ridge
Detail of memorial at New Echota
New Echota was the capital of the Cherokee Nation in the Southeastern United States from 1825 until their forced removal in the late 1830s. New Echota is located in present-day Gordon County, in northwest Georgia, north of Calhoun. It is south of Resaca, next to present day New Town, known to the Cherokee as Ꭴꮝꮤꮎꮅ, Ustanali. The site has been preserved as a state park and a historic site. It was designated in 1973 as a National Historic Landmark District.
The New Echota Council House. The building in this photo is a reconstruction of the original Council House.
The Cherokee Phoenix
Vann's Tavern, a tavern built by James Vann. Relocated to New Echota in 1955.
The monument on New Echota Historic Site honors those Cherokee who died on the Trail of Tears.