Chief John Ross

ID: 2754
This file appears in: Chief Red Bird

Some Cherokees, like John Ross, peacefully assimilated to white ways of dress and society. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Chief Red Bird

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker # 908 in Clay County remembers Chief Red Bird, a Cherokee leader and the namesake of the Red Bird River, a tributary of the Kentucky River. The late eighteenth century was a…