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
exists and is an alternate of . John Dalton's most important theory, developed in 1803, was that matter is composed of atoms of differing weights that combine in simple ratios. Dalton published a book in 1808 listing the atomic weights of a number of known elements relative to the weight of hydrogen.