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Ridge House at 230 West Center |
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In
1839, the house served as a refuge for Sarah Bird
Northrup Ridge and her children, after the assassination
of her Cherokee husband, John Ridge.
Fayetteville's oldest house stands as a post Trail
of Tears Site commemorating the John Ridge Family
and all those who were forced to leave their homes
in the East and travel to Indian Territory over
a trail of tears. The
log walls of Sarah Ridge's house, which are the
oldest in town, are enclosed within the
lower floor walls of the house you see which dates
from the late 1800's, and may be viewed inside the
front foyer of the house. |
John
Ridge
Sarah
Ridge
Sarah
Ridge House
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