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🌱 How Fort Payne’s name is tied to the Cherokee Trail of Tears

Fort Payne, Alabama Patch AM: a 3 min read

Good morning to you Fort Payne! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Fort Payne’s name is tied to the Cherokee Trail of Tears

Also on today's calendar: Exile - Freedom Fest - Rainsville, AL.

Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 79 and low of 52 degrees.
  • Thursday: Mostly sunny and nice, temps: high: 81, low: 53.
  • Friday: Partly sunny and beautiful, with a high of 82 and low of 58 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Echoes of Removal: North Alabama and its history in the Cherokee Trail of Tears (waaytv.com) — Fort Payne’s origins as a military fort used to confine Cherokee people during the Trail of Tears are at the heart of this look at North Alabama history. Local historians describe how more than a thousand Cherokee were held in a stockade here before forced removal west, and how today’s Native families still trace their roots to those who survived.
   

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    Saturday June 13
  • Bluegrass on the Rim →
    Little River Canyon Center, 4322 Little River Canyon Rim Pkwy, Fort Payne
    6:00 pm

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  • Huntsville Hospital posted a job opening for FN Inventory Clerk - DeKalb Food Service - FT in Fort Payne. Apply here.
  • Alabama Department of Education posted a job opening for System-Wide Physical Education Teacher in Fort Payne. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Fort Payne here.

🗞 Nearby News

Rainsville

  • Northeast Alabama Community College now JUCU softball champions (hvilleblast.com)

Cedar Bluff

  • Cedar Bluff Police Sergeant Appointed to FBI Safe Streets Task Force (weisradio.com)
  • Cedar Bluff Students Receive Power of 1 Award for Leadership and Positive Character (weisradio.com)
  • Moore a 'storm' of a natural athlete at Cedar Bluff (weisradio.com)

Leesburg

  • No Consumable Hemp Products To Be Sold In the Town of Leesburg (weisradio.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Fort Payne

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