Family And Nation: Cherokee Orphan Care, 1835–1903

Family And Nation: Cherokee Orphan Care, 1835–1903 Julie L. Reed, 2010   In lieu of an abstract, here is a preview of the article.   On November 17, 1903, fifteen miles from the nearest railway station and fifty miles northwest of the capital of the Cherokee Nation in Tahlequah, a fire engulfed the Cherokee Orphan Asylum. The inferno threatened the lives of the 149 resident orphans, many of whom were feverish and bedridden from measles. Despite the dire possibilities, every person in the...

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