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
Dalton's Atomic Theory. Law of Multiple Proportions; Discovering Electrons; The Plum Pudding Model; Discovery of the Proton; The Discovery of the Neutron; Example Problems; Outside links ; References ; John Dalton (1766-1844) is the scientist credited for proposing the atomic theory.