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When I saw this article in Sunday's Times Free Press, "John Ross House could be on move", I knew I had to say something. Ross was chief of the Cherokee nation in the mid 1800s and founder of Ross's ...

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(Editor's note: first of two parts) Thousands drive across the Market Street bridge each morning, most without any thought of its history. Few refer to its official name, the Chief John Ross Bridge, ...