It was reported that on August 28 , 1823 , Daniel S. Butrick and William Chamberlain arrived at Lookout Mountain to perform missionary work with Native Americans . After the Trail of Tears , land taken from the tribes was purchased by the highest bidder without a lottery of land parcels . This method of distributing land caused much of Lookout Mountain to be owned by a few wealthy Chattanooga families
Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears
Lookout Mountain