sentences:  In the late 1830s, the Trail of Tears, over which many Cherokee and other tribes moved on their way to Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory reservations, formed part of the roadway that would later be the Wire Road.The settlement which became Pea Ridge began at the western edge of the original town site, near a spring that provided a water supply.Foster is thought to have built the first house at Pea Ridge and also established the first store, across the trail from his house.