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
Many consider 2008 the 200th anniversary of atomic theory, John Daltonâs momentous theory of the nature of matter. Dalton (1766â1844) proposed that all matter in the universe is made of indestructible, unchangeable atomsâeach type characterized by a constant massâthat undergo chemical reactions by joining with and separating from each other.