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Clear to partly cloudy. Low 64F. Winds light and variable..

Clear to partly cloudy. Low 64F. Winds light and variable.

CHEROKEE VILLAGE — The Spring River Gem and Mineral Club will meet at 10 a.m. Oct. 7 at Thunderbird Center, located at 62 N. Lakeshore Road in Cherokee Village.

Dr. Freda Cruse Hardison of Mountain View will present a program titled “The Trail of Tears.” She is considered one of the Ozarks’ most distinguished folk historians.

The Trail of Tears was a series of forced displacements of approximately 60,000 Native Americans, the “Five Civilized Tribes,” between 1800 and 1850 by the United States government.

Dr. Hardison will focus on the north Arkansas and the Benge Route. Based on detailed historical research and interviews , Dr. Hardison shares the intriguing background of the Benge Route, which led through Baxter County and surrounding counties. The Benge Route was named for Captain John Benge, a Cherokee leader who organized and led the trek.

Dr. Hardison earned her Ph.D. in social psychology. She has appeared on the History Channel, Fox, CNN, Jesse Ventura’s show and other programs as an expert in Ozarks history and genealogy. Dr. Hardison is the author of local history books “Voices of Our People,” “Places of Our People,” “Frank and Jesse James,” “52 Days with Grandpa,” “Birth of the Ozarks” and “1794-1839 Trail of Tears.”

Perks of club membership are field trips planned by Dave Thomas, field trip coordinator, and a monthly silent auction for mineral and fossil specimens, arranged by Barbra Knight, silent auction chairman. The September field trip was to the Belz Museum, an Asiatic, Judaic and Holocaust Museum in Memphis. The Belz boasts intricate sculptures of jade, ivory, malachite, carnelian, and other minerals. One jade sculpture is a life-size carriage and horses. The field trip planned for Oct. 1 is a tour of the Doe Run mines in Virburnum, Missouri. The Doe Run company operates one of the world’s largest lead mining districts. Thomas also plans a rockhounding dig on Oct. 15 led by geologist Mike Howard, who has access to several mineral deposits in Magnet Cove. The Magnet Cove igneous complex is known for its abundance of odd minerals, including magnetite, as well as many other species such as rutile, anatase, brookite, perovskite and some rare-earth-bearing minerals.

November programs are traditionally presented by a club member. Dave and Mary Thomas, who lived in St. Croix, one of the main islands of the U.S. Virgin Islands, will present the Nov. 4 program “Lost and Found in Paradise.” Dave lived on the island for 20 years and Mary for 13 years. They will share their lifestyle on St. Croix, as well as the culture, music, history, agriculture, reefs and geology, artifacts, and art.

Visitors are welcome and invited to join the club members for a Dutch-treat lunch after the meeting in El Palenque Restaurant. For further information call 901-212-0365 or 901-647-1521.

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