The 1835 Treaty of Echota ceded the land to the state of North Carolina . Beginning in 1838 at Fort Butler , the Cherokee were marshaled for removal to Oklahoma . The Cherokee were forcibly removed on the order of President Andrew Jackson , despite a ruling in favor of the Cherokee by the US Supreme Court . The march would be known as the Trail of Tears . In 1839 , Cherokee County , North Carolina , which now contains the Valley River , was constituted from Haywood County and a land lottery was held , opening the land to permanent European settlement
Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears
Valley River