SR 225 is designated as a " Trail of Tears " Highway because of significant cultural remains of the Cherokee Nation along the route . Included is New Echota , the former capital of the Cherokee Nation ( and home to the first Native American language newspaper in the United States ) and the Chief Vann House Historic Site , site of the former wealthy Cherokee leader , landowner , and businessman Joseph Vann . The capital of New Echota is designated as the official beginning of the " Trail of Tears " , the forceful removal of thousands of Native American in the 19th Century
Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears
Georgia State Route 225