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Brainerd Mission Cemetery
5700 Eastgate Loop, Chattanooga,
TN ,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
35° 0' 43.394976",
-85° 12' 45.858312"
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Tennessee State
Historical Marker
Listed in the National Register of Historic Places |
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Brainerd MissionEstablished 1817 by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, it played an important part in the educational development and Christianizing of the Cherokee. Brainerd Cemetery contains graves of whites and Indians who died at the Mission, which was discontinued in 1838, at the time of the Cherokee Removal.
Erected by Tennessee Historical Commission.
Brainerd Mission Cemetery was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on December 06, 1979.
Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00 |
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