A good interesting article about a mans mission, intent of tracing and following old Cherokee trails and some of what he's found so far;
getpocket.com
White Settlers Wiped Thousands of Miles of Cherokee Trails Off the Map. This Man is Reclaiming Them -- By Walking Each and Every One.
These routes once snaked through the towering woods of Appalachia, before they were lost to history. Lamar Marshall has spent a decade painstakingly mapping them, and their rich history.