Trail of Tears Remembrance

LYNN KUTTER ENTERPRISE-LEADER Glendon VanSandt, left, of Siloam Springs, stands with his grandparents, Annette and Earl Rowe of Lincoln, and his younger brother, Canyon VanSandt. Glendon was one of 10 cyclists chosen to participate in the Cherokee Nation’s 2016 Remember the Removal Bike Ride. The ride ended Thursday in Tahlequah, Okla., but the group made a stop at Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park on Wednesday for lunch and to learn some Civil War and Cherokee history.
LYNN KUTTER ENTERPRISE-LEADER Glendon VanSandt, left, of Siloam Springs, stands with his grandparents, Annette and Earl Rowe of Lincoln, and his younger brother, Canyon VanSandt. Glendon was one of 10 cyclists chosen to participate in the Cherokee Nation’s 2016 Remember the Removal Bike Ride. The ride ended Thursday in Tahlequah, Okla., but the group made a stop at Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park on Wednesday for lunch and to learn some Civil War and Cherokee history.

LYNN KUTTER ENTERPRISE-LEADER Glendon VanSandt, left, of Siloam Springs, stands with his grandparents, Annette and Earl Rowe of Lincoln, and his younger brother, Canyon VanSandt. Glendon was one of 10 cyclists chosen to participate in the Cherokee Nation's 2016 Remember the Removal Bike Ride. The ride ended Thursday in Tahlequah, Okla., but the group made a stop at Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park on Wednesday for lunch and to learn some Civil War and Cherokee history.

LYNN KUTTER ENTERPRISE-LEADER Glendon VanSandt, left, of Siloam Springs, stands with his grandparents, Annette and Earl Rowe of Lincoln, and his younger brother, Canyon VanSandt. Glendon was one of 10 cyclists chosen to participate in the Cherokee Nation's 2016 Remember the Removal Bike Ride. The ride ended Thursday in Tahlequah, Okla., but the group made a stop at Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park on Wednesday for lunch and to learn some Civil War and Cherokee history.

LYNN KUTTER ENTERPRISE-LEADER Glendon VanSandt, left, of Siloam Springs, stands with his grandparents, Annette and Earl Rowe of Lincoln, and his younger brother, Canyon VanSandt. Glendon was one of 10 cyclists chosen to participate in the Cherokee Nation's 2016 Remember the Removal Bike Ride. The ride ended Thursday in Tahlequah, Okla., but the group made a stop at Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park on Wednesday for lunch and to learn some Civil War and Cherokee history.

LYNN KUTTER ENTERPRISE-LEADER Glendon VanSandt, 16, of Siloam Springs, takes off for the next leg of the Cherokee Nation's 2016 Remember the Removal Bike Ride. The group stopped at Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park last week for lunch and a history lesson. The state park is one of the stops each year for the annual 950-mile bike ride, which starts in Georgia and ends in Tahlequah, Okla.

LYNN KUTTER ENTERPRISE-LEADER Glendon VanSandt, 16, of Siloam Springs, takes off for the next leg of the Cherokee Nation's 2016 Remember the Removal Bike Ride. The group stopped at Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park last week for lunch and a history lesson. The state park is one of the stops each year for the annual 950-mile bike ride, which starts in Georgia and ends in Tahlequah, Okla.

LYNN KUTTER ENTERPRISE-LEADER Glendon VanSandt, 16, of Siloam Springs, takes off for the next leg of the Cherokee Nation's 2016 Remember the Removal Bike Ride. The group stopped at Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park last week for lunch and a history lesson. The state park is one of the stops each year for the annual 950-mile bike ride, which starts in Georgia and ends in Tahlequah, Okla.

By Janelle Jessen

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Community on 06/26/2016