Worcester House Traditional Cache
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Cache is located within New Echota Cherokee Capital State Historic Site. See hours of availability below.
** ADMISSION REQUIRED** or a Annual Historic Site Pass.
Permission has been granted for this cache by the Site Manager.
Worcester House
Hours of Availability: New Echota State Historical Site is open from Thursday through Saturday from 9 AM until 5 PM. Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.
Admission: $6.50 Adults, $6.00 Seniors (62+), $5.00 Youth (6-17), $2.50 Child (under 6) or an Annual Historic Site Pass.
Worcester House is the only surviving original house on the land of the former Cherokee community of New Echota. The rest of the original buildings were destroyed after the Cherokee were forced to leave Georgia on the "Trail of Tears."
The house was constructed in 1828 by Rev. Samuel A. Worcester as a two-story building. It served as a Presbyterian Mission Station and also as the Worcester family home. Worcester worked with Elias Boudinot and translated parts of the bible and many hymns into Cherokee. He also started a church and school at New Echota and served as the postmaster.
He was arrested by the state of Georgia in 1831 and sentenced to prison by Georgia officials due to his refusal to obtain a permit from Georgia to reside in the Cherokee Nation. The case was appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court where Worcester and the Cherokees won, but the State of Georgia ignored the Supreme Court ruling and continued its annexation of Cherokee land. Worcester and his family were forced from the house in 1834 when a Georgian who obtained title to it in the 1832 Land Lottery confiscated it. The house was occupied by various families until 1952 and was restored in 1958-59.
The cache is located outside the fenced yard of the Worcester House in the woods. Exit the fenced in area at the trail head coordinates ONLY. Do NOT cross the fence. Cache is not aggressively hidden but please recover it well.
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