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| In October of 1838, the first detachment left Rattlesnake Springs and crossed the Tennessee River and were marched under cruel military escort into Nashville. Traveling five to ten miles a day, the caravan entered Kentucky at Guthrie in Todd County.
When the Cherokees reached the Stage Coach Inn near Guthrie, Chief White Path, who had been near death when the march began, allegedly drank from the well at the inn, blessed it and named it "Utok Amawah" which in Cherokee means "well of sweet water. The State Coach Inn was built and operated by Major John P. Gray in the early 1800s. It is still standing and is one of the two remaining inns along the Trail of Tears in Kentucky. |
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