The Benge Detachment of Cherokees on the Trail of Tears Tales of the Trail, Trail of Tears Alongside a busy intersection in Fayetteville, Arkansas, a small park has been set aside to remember the Cherokees of the Benge detachment who passednear here on their way to Indian Territory in January 1839.
John Dalton: John Dalton, English meteorologist and chemist, a pioneer in the development of modern atomic theory. Dalton was born into a Quaker family of tradesmen; his grandfather
John Dalton, DGS Editor and Manager of the Dalton Annual Gathering and Meeting in Preston, Lancashire, England (July 9/10, 2004) focused attention on nearby Thurnham Hall, the ancestral home of a Dalton branch stemming from the 16th Century.