Broadcast Program

Producer/Director/Writer
Joy Flynn

Associate Producer
Mary Beth Hester

Host/Writer
Dave Shuffett

Editors
Dan Taulbee
Joy Flynn

Videographers
John Schroering
Matt Grimm
Jason Robinson

Steadicam Operator
Amelia Cutadean

Aerial Footage
Matt Grimm
Brandon Wickey

Additional Videography
Anthony Guglielmi

Field Audio
Roger Tremaine
Brent Abshear

Post Production Audio
Brent Abshear
Chuck Burgess

Lighting
Don Dean

Second Lighting Unit
Steve Shaffer
Matt Grimm
John Schroering

Graphics
Mary Ann Carpenter
John Dawahare

Additional Footage

Lincoln, “I, too am a Kentuckian.”
A Kentucky Life Special
Copyright, KET

Our Kentucky
Copyright, KET
Producers: Paul Smith, Rob Elliott, Erin Lowry

Kentucky Life
Copyright, KET

Cumberland Gap Anniversary Special
Dirk Wiley, Chief Ranger

Quote References

A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf
John Muir’s Journal

The Journal of
Rev. Daniel S. Butrick
Cherokee Removal
The Trail of Tears Association
Oklahoma Chapter

Images

The Kentucky Historical Society
The National Park Service
Mammoth Cave NP Museum Collection
Jerry Bransford Collection
Howard Duncan
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park
Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area

Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association
Carl Howell
The Nancy Lincoln Inn

The Granger Collection, New York
The Trail of Tears

Lincoln Memorial University
Bernardt Wall Collection
Meserve Collection

Special Thanks

The National Park Service

The Sierra Club

Mammoth Cave National Park
Mike Adams
Jerry Bransford
Vickie Carson
Nicole Bull
Carl Howell
Jerry Bowles
Matt Carson

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park
Doug Richardson

Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
Pam Eddy
Martha Wiley
Dirk Wiley
Harry Hoe

Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area
Howard Duncan
Todd Knoedler

The Nature Conservancy
Shelly Morris

The Eastern Band, Cherokees
Dr. Russell Townsend, Ph.D
Tribal Historic Preservation Officer

The Trail of Tears Association, Kentucky Chapter
Beverly Baker
Alice Murphree
Ann Day

Trail of Tears Park
Princeton

The Trail of Tears Commemorative Park
Hopkinsville

The Trail of Tears Commission
Judy Boaz
Ramsey Morris
Ellis Rouse

Park Visitors and Voices
Ronald Krauth
Camille Miles
Jaime,Adrian, & Marco Cedillo
Stephanie Long
Demaura & Michael Sanders
Michiel & Suzanne Crijns
Naresh Toofunny
Tyler & Camile Miles
Laura Hixenbaugh
Angela & John Cartar
Curtis Tinker
Suzanne Bhatt
Elizabeth and Hannah Crowe
Carrie Beth Tonks
Lorie & Brianna Wilder

Executive Producers
Craig Cornwell
Mike Brower

Web Site

Video Segment Producer/Director
Sara O’Keefe

Camera
Anthony Guglielmi
John Schroering
Jason Robinson
Matt Grimm

Audio
Brent Abshear
Chuck Burgess
Roger Tremaine

Lighting
Don Dean

Set Design
Bob Pickering

Editors
Dan Taulbee
Jim Piston
Sara O'Keefe

Photography
Steve Shaffer

Design/Graphics
Dave Hamon

Educational Content
Judy Sizemore
Teresa Day

Proofreading
Ben Allen
Kleoniki Wilson

Special Thanks

Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area
Todd Knoedler

Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
Martha Wiley
Carmen Tuttle
Vincent Dahl
Phyllis Alexander
Angelica Anderson
Ayden Anderson
Nolen Anderson
Tyler Miles
Camille Miles
Ronald Krauth

Mammoth Cave National Park
Bob Carson
Vickie Carson

Trail of Tears National Trail
Beverly T. Baker
Alice Murphee
Shirley Radford
Charlotte Ann Day
Judy Boaz
Shelly Morris
Russell Townsend

Music by Mike Serna from the album Music In My Soul with the song “Help Me Heal”

The Trail of Tears, 1838.
Oil on canvas, 1942, by Robert Lindneux.
The Granger Collection, New York

John Ross(1790-1866).
Lithograph, 1836.
The Granger Collection, New York

What National Parks Mean to Me Participants
Douglas Richardson, Angela Carter, Chris Carter, Thomas Carter, Randall Curry, Kathy Cecula, John Cecula, Lauren Kelly, Anna Wilson, Douglas Clouse, Naresh Toofuny, Debbie Hunton, Jim Hunton, Laura Hixenbaugh, Cole Hixenbaugh, Emily Hixenbaugh, Bridget Hirsch, Michiel Crijns, Suzanne Crijns, Heather Woods, Jamie Cedillo, Adrian Cedillo, Marcus Cedillo, Larry Koehler, Daniel Koehler, Caleb Koehler, Stephanie Long, Demaura Long, Michael Sanders, Jeff Beale, Grace Beale, Veronica Parker, Carrie Beth Tonks, Benjamin Tonks, Andrew Tonks, William Gilliam, Lyndi Adams, Mark Tower, Jessica Tower, Ray Wilkie, Leslie Dodd, Larry Steur, Don Pratt, Parker Noe, Jan McKinney, Elliot McKinney, Amelia McKinney, Suzanne Bhatt, Curtis Tinker, Eric Iversen, Briana Wilder, Lorie Wilder

Project Director
Teresa Day