Reviews of New Echota Historic Site (Museum)

April Dempsey

Very interesting place, lots of history.

velda davis

Very interesting

Joyce Graham

Lots of History

Elizabeth Friedly

It is a beautiful,quiet piece of land with friendly staff and serves a great purpose by educating visitors on the wealth of culture and adaptive way of life of the Cherokee nation while acknowledging their tragic end at the hands of white settlers

Cheryl Fowler

A must see

Jennifer Parker

New Echota was the last known Cherokee Capital east of the Mississippi. It was an amazing experience for myself and my children. We were able to see the actual location where the New Echota Treaty was signed. This still disturbing piece of legislation supposedly gave the government "permission" in later years to remove them from their lands, to Oklahoma, which started the "Trail of Tears." Several buildings, or replicas are onsite, including the Courthouse and Printing Office. The Cherokee were quite integrated with our culture and even had their own alphabet. They printed the first Native American Newspaper called the Cherokee Phoenix, of which you can see an example of in a very well maintained, quaint Museum at the entrance. I'd highly recommend the 17 min movie available at the museum. It is very well done, and it gives good insight. If not you can download a version on your phone. My children, ages 6 to 12, loved the hands on experience.

Kim Parker

Went for a 3rd grade field trip and it was very informative and enjoyable

Charlene Jones

Very informative, extremely well kept grounds

Becca C

Mostly wheel chair friendly.....bathrooms very clean. Awesome place to visit.

Brody Mason

Highly sugest if you like native American history

Adam Steele

Great place. Friendly knowledgeable staff.

Jenny Goldemund

New Echota is a must see for anyone who wants to understand Cherokee history. It has both original and reproduced structures. Do not miss seeing the printing of the Cherokee Phoenix newspaper, the Vann Tavern or the courthouse. I have been to this site many times and always enjoy returning. It is a treasure and is worth travelling to see.

Chris Poarch

Loved it but no security came as car bwas broken into

Doug Todd

My grandson expressed an interest in American history. I felt compelled to capitalize on the opportunity. I carried him to as many historical sites as we could get to in five days. I figured he would get tired quickly and complain. He did not. He willingly participated everywhere we went. I would have been remiss to have excluded any part of our history, even the ugly parts. We went to New Echota to learn the truth about our native Americans and how they were mistreated and abused by the immigrants from Europe and Asia. New Echota Historical Site is a place that needed to be and needs to be preserved for our future generations and for the sanctity of this country and the lessons we must learn from past mistakes.

John Emard

Clean and nice place to see.

anthony stroud

Very well kept historical site with an interesting museum, historically rebuilt exibit homes, businesses, and Cherokee government meeting buildings. The area is beutiful and offers a glance of how they lived and governed their people. They also have a press from which they printed a newspaper and were the only native Americans to have their own alphabet, developed by Sequoyah, a Cherokee silversmith in 1821. There's also monuments and historical facts about the tragic removal and subsequent trail of tears tragedy.

Joshua Brown

Peace

Dean Dewey

We enjoyed walking and looking at everything. Really made me realize how much they had tried to assimilate.

Kaitlyn Coleman

Fascinating history with great recreations

Gloria Page

Totally enjoyed our visit very heartfelt experience. The demonstrations were great .

Brock Roddy

Excellent park! Takes you back in time. Kids and pets can get some energy out. Pets must have leashes

Smithendorf Creations

Informative

Sarah Hanneman

Just being here is a very moving experience for anyone who cares about Native American history. It is the first step on the trail of tears and it is an honest memorial to a great people and and all they did to adapt and thrive. The volunteer at the print shop was extremely knowledgable and informative about how the newspaper and books were produced there. He was very good with kids and allowed them to help him print a page of the paper. I learned a lot. The park ranger was especially kind to my elderly father in law, loaning us a golf so he could cover all the grounds. If he had had to walk it, especially in the heat, he could never have seen it all. They both went out of their way to help us and answer all questions. The Trail of Tears must never be forgotten. It was the tragic result of racism and greed. Our children must be taught these tragic lessons because they are true. We need also to celebrate the accomplishments of a great and proud people who refused to go quietly into the night, a people who survived the evil that men can do to other men and yet were not destroyed by it. Their accomplishments is what this place is all about.

Steve Markos

I am a travel writer for National Park Planner and I visited the New Echoto Cherokee Capital State Historic Site, an official site on the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail, in December, 2013. The park is part of the Georgia State Park System. Of all the Trail of Tears sites I have visited, New Echota does the best at explaining the origins and progression of the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and its effect on the Cherokee. The politics of the entire situation happened at New Echota, for at the time, this was the capital of the Cherokee Nation. The story is interesting, and between the park film and the museum, all of the pieces of the puzzle come together. A visit to New Echota tells the story of how the Cherokee went from being accepted trading partners, many with lifestyles nearly identical to the white settlers, to being booted out of their own land by force. Let it be known that the Indian Removal Act entailed the removal of Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and other Indians, but the story of New Echota and the Trail of Tears is the story of the Cherokee. Start your visit to New Echota at the park’s Visitor Center where a park Ranger can orient you to the park features and answer any questions you might have. You can also watch a 20-minute film in the theater. This film does an excellent job of setting the stage and explaining the politics surrounding the eventual Trail of Tears. Afterward, you can visit the small museum. It divides the Cherokee’s story into stages—how the Cherokee had adapted to the white ways, how Georgia took over and started the land lottery that gave lucky winners Cherokee land, how the Cherokee were forced from their land, and a display on the Trail of Tears. There are a few artifacts on display, but majority of the museum is comprised of information panels that tell the Cherokee story. You can go through the museum and read all of the information in 30 minutes. Once done at the Visitor Center, step outside and tour the recreated New Echota Village. Your tour will be self-guided, but the park provides an information brochure that explains the functions of the many buildings you will see as you walk around the village. Only the Samuel Worcester house is original to the property, but many original structures of the time have been transported from other areas to the grounds of New Echota. A few have been reconstructed from historical records. Most of the buildings are open to the public, and those that are not do have windows or doors that you can look into and see the interior displays. None of the interiors are original to the site or the buildings, but all are antiques from the early 1800s and represent how the interiors of their respective buildings would have looked at the time. A 1-mile trail takes visitors through the property and tour takes about 1 hour. For complete information and plenty of photos about this and other Trail of Tears sites, please visit National Park Planner (npplan).

OA Sk

Great piece of history

Thomas Sanders

Interesting Native American site

daniel wilson

Took an out of town visitor to New Echota for the first time. She loved it.

Nannia Cooper

Clean, easy to find, and although we got there close to closing, was very accommodating to letting us take our time. Worth the visit ! ! !

Timothy Greene

A nice place to visit for history

Kevin Lorren

Wonderful place to visit. The people in the office are top notch

Mark Eaton

Great volunteer staff and well-presented site. Special programs regularly.

Lynn Cunningham

Wonderful historic site of original Georgians who were forced off their lands.

Forrest Ruby

A very somber, haunting place where the Cherokee Nation once established their national capital and founded a government built upon the ideas and laws of the United States. This site details their lifestyle and the tragedy of the way they were made to live off their own land to accommodate the growing United States and the underhanded way settlers got their way. Museum itself is a little dated but the site is beautifully maintained.

Joey Rich

Not what I expected but it's ok the only thing I dont like about it is you cant go in the buildings

Richard Hollis

I love this place. Sad what happened to the Cherokee.

Vann The Roof Man

Loved it.

Aundria Costellow

Nice and quiet for visiting

JEWELS Healy

Awesome place to bring kidsand teach. Them one on one about Cherokee nations people's and their displacement , my 6yr old niece loved it , I brought old time costumes and we dressed up and she had a blast , the Rangers were informative and fun and unlocked buildings for us and let's us see and touch things , ask questions , we learned alot. Kids learn by handling and seeing, great hikes and kids loves going in and out freely if the buildings , some are unlocked others are locked and you can have a ranger lead you on an educational walk and talk

Antoinette Smith

The New Echota Historical Museum is Nice. It is well appointed and filled with ideas and tidbits, the history of the Cherokee people as well as the history of the United States and Georgia'sinteractions with the Cherokees. New Echota's Programs and Enrichment days are very well thought out and excite the imagination of my grandchildren as well as myself. For me this is a new adventure that we will utilize and make the most of the programs offered. This is a small park and can be easily overlooked. DON'T, it is worth the visit.

Aloevera Faye

Love love love

Greg Ross

A must see. An amazing site-education.

Charlie Brown

What a wonderful historic site. Staff was friendly, but did not know about the Geo Cache program. The buildings except for one were reconstructions, but they were very realistic. I had a great time.

John Tucker

Great history

eddolly marte

Beautiful grounds and park rangers were pleasant. Video presentation was informative but dated.

Chris Smith

Awesome place. Lots of history and historical buildings restored. Amazing history museum.

Lacey Dunn

Absolutely amazing! We went today while they had live demonstrations. My 5 and 6 yr old learned so much!

Debbie Coquerel

Beautiful place with lots of educational opportunity.

Pj Farbotko

It had some interesting buildings that you could look inside and a few to go in. A quant museum with a video that talks about New Echota, the Cherokee people and the trail of tears

Michael Sims

The historic capital of my Cherokee ancestors. A Holy Pilgrimage!

Kyle McNulty

Very informative video and museum. A heartbreaking story.

Ronnie Schultz

Learned lots about the Cherokee nation.

James Childers

A great place to learn some Native American history.

Miranda Jones

Great place of historic value and heritage.

Kimberly Webster

The park rangers we're really nice and helpful. Loved the history. Walked in the quite reflecting in our heritage.

Sonya White

Beautiful and sad at the same time. The GA State Parks employees do a great job of preserving this important part of American history. Let is never forget what injustice looks like.

Holly Smith

There is a fee to take the tour but worth it. This area is rich in heritage of the Cherokee people, the native people of the land that we call Georgia now.

Jennifer Morrissy

Very cool

jf houbi

The best historical site i have seen around Aatlanta. Very interesting,, well restored and the environment is very pleasant. Went there twice in summer and winter, with visitors, in both occasions everybody enjoyed it a lot !

Michalyn Sturgeon

Got to learn lots of stuff.

Hailey Houson

Park staff are amazing. Learned a lot about the Cherokee nation in the 1800s. Historic buildings were in great condition.

Charlie Spriggs

Bees.

Cowgirlie Tcb

Interesting and beautiful place. Heartbreaking story. My rating is based on the interaction with park staff. Who are informing park patrons with misinformation and when confronted with their misinformation they flee to another room in avoidance. The may benefit from some Interpretation education because their actions are not snynomous with the job they're withholding. Sincerely, A former Park Service worker

Sheryl Tipton

We were taken back in time when we visited New Echota. It was interesting to learn about our ancestors. I recommend it to everyone. Bring some comfortable walking shoes

Erin Chaffin

Very informative and super friendly staff. Great place to help educate everyone who wants to know an important part of history that should never be forgotten.

Ni Lo

Great place for learning, taking the walking trail.

Kayla C

$7!!!! to walk on a trail... Shouldn't have to search that hard to see that. In all my years of hiking and traveling I've never seen such. $2-3 (max 5!) for parking is one thing, but $7?! On a small, not much to offer site? No thanks.

Al P

Good place to learn some good hard history.

Bob

Learned so much here!

wayne white sr

Go to this place and you will be able to learn things that wasn't taught in your school.

jay gribbin

Really interesting place

Virginia Fair

Found it on accident was traveling home, rich in history

Joshua Patrick

A very good find was fun for the kids and family enjoyed all the history and learning

April Banister

While looking for a day trip on the motorcycle, I ran across this place and it was well worth the trip. They have it set up where you walk to different houses and buldings that were there when this was a thriving establishment. Some you can only look into, but some (for example, the courthouse), you could go inside and see how it was when it was being used. There are plaques to read and recordings at each stop.They have a film you can watch at the beginning and a small gift shop. The attendant there was knowledable. The bathrooms were very clean also. It has been well preserved and I would tell anyone interested in history and native american history to stop by and walk through. It is well worth the time and small entrance fee. We went in May and the weather was great for walking outdoors.

rita carroll

Very interesting place

tiffany Stone

Very interesting

Gabrielle Salazar

Quite an interesting part of history.

Susan Hopkins

Hidden gem, kids really enjoyed seeing how the Cherokee lived like 200 yrs ago.

Shannon Mcconathy

It's pretty and clean

Joe Nesbitt

What an awesome place!

Mitch Walker

Fun place

Sheila Nichols

Great place to just go and walk. Will be coming back.

S W

Great place to visit learn about history

I am Joe

We came on earth day to tend the garden. With two little girls aged 3 and 6, I'm sure we were a distraction to the gardening group but they happily accommodated us. The park rangers were also very nice to the girls and wanted them to come back again in the future. The grounds are very clean and well kept, and the council houses are set up with period artifacts. Learning about the Cherokee nation was educational for our whole family. Overall it was a great visit for all of us. We plan on returning.

Debbie Casalie

Love this place. Great history of the Cherokee Indians in North Georgia.

Teressa Jones

This has been wonderful! Our guides are knowledgeable and friendly. Love it!

Vickie Stinnett

Great place to visit. Enjoyed it all

Andre DeLara

Loved the honesty in this memorial. Would like to see an expansion to the museum.

Chris Feldt

Great mixture of history and recreation. This site has recreated many historical buildings involving the Cherokee Indians, their government, printing press, supreme court and lifestyle. The Trail of Tears and the treaty that led to the Indian removal of the 1830s. Be sure to have a few hours to see all the sites, hike the trails, view the Overlook and see everything. It costs around $15.00 for two adults and typically closes at 5pm. Enjoy!

Brad Parker

Cool history at this place

Emma Miller

Went hair with school field trip absolutely loved it

Richard Miles

Very informative

Christina Arnold

Had a lot of fun. It was very interesting.

Janet Williams

Great place to take students for a field trip.

jim catalfamo

after leave this place my friend (that had no interest stopping here) was angry. i couldn't believe that he didn't know how the white man treated the Cherokee. he left angry and sad with a new found respect for the American Indian. yes he knew we kicked them off their land but he had no idea just how badly we treated them. thats why we need our historical statues, our historical building and our historical place to be care for as rare jewels. because of this place my friend has looked into more history about the Cherokee and other american Indians and now knows what great people they are. i'm glad he had the insight to see more than just old houses. this is a must stop for anybody trip

Robert Diaz

Anyone interested in the history if the Cherokee nation should visit this place. It is good to know as much as you can to get your history knowledge right and to comprehend society then and now.

Bird Feeder

非常好的缅怀历史的地方

John Smith

Real enjoyable, very knowledgeable ranger staff will revisit in spring.

Charles Webb

Great History, friendly staff, amazing guide. Really enjoyed our visit.

Zoe Jones

Was closed

Robert Fiekers

(Translated by Google) Great to learn something new

rick stanford

Great place lot of interesting historical info I did not know worth the visit

DonaFran of_Tulsa

Historical site: beginning of Cherokee Trail of Tears companion to Oklahoma ' s museum

Robin Redd

Beautiful place to go

Bonnie Turner

Enjoyed

Sue Mattix

Awesome. A must see.

Michele Spence

Great place to visit and learn something history.

Beverly Harris

My family and I love New Echota! It is packed full of history and is great for all ages. The bathrooms are clean and the grounds are well maintained. The staff are friendly and very informative. With prices just around $7.00 for adults it’s a trip you can’t beat! This is a must visit!

Timothy Ford Malone

A look at how the Cherokee Nation lived. Their farmsteads and dwelling and the structure of Cherokee National Government. Several visits would be worthwhile but at least one.

Bridgit Spivey

Very interesting

Laura Clingman

Definitely worth the visit, particularly if you are a civil war buff, but even if you're not. Highly recommended.

David Lloyd

Loved learning more about the history of Cherokee Indians living in North Georgia

PFGA 55641

Very peaceful and we'll maintained

Isanuk Barry

Excellent state park.Very moving and interesting story on cherokees. Well presented.A pleasant site to walk around.Enjoyed it immensely

John Irwin

Great educational site!

Ramona Celine

Wonderful Cherokee historic site! Loved the little museum and the movie. The outdoor walk and exhibits were wonderful too. I am part Cherokee Indian and I love learning about the culture of my kinspeople. So sad what happened on the infamous Trail of Tears. The movie is very moving about the suffering the Cherokees endured on the Trail of Tears. I would definitely recommend doing this! You won't be sorry you did. Especially if you're interested in Cherokee history or even heritage.

rafael ferreira

Historic experience

judy heckard

This is a historical site that everyone should visit. There is so much history here that should not be forgotten even though it is sad.