Native History Association President Pat Cummins (Left) talks about life in Old Jefferson on the shoreline of the Stones River during a tour May 9, 2015 of a rediscovered segment of the Trail of Tears that passed through where the town once thrived as a historical port and trading post in the early 1800s. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District employees Tammy Kirk (Center), librarian, and Valerie McCormack, archaeologist, listened to his presentation.