Hokes Bluff was established on a high bluff overlooking the Coosa River . The town was called " The Bluff " , and was used as a lookout station for Native American tribes , as they could see a great distance across , up and down the Coosa River . Hokes Bluff was one the staging areas where the Cherokee were collected , and sent to Gunter 's Landing ( Guntersville ) , and west to Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears
Hokes Bluff, Alabama