Tennessee River
The Tennessee River, which was measured at 652 miles in 1915, begins in East Tennessee a short distance above the city of Knoxville. It is formed by the junction of the French Broad river and the Holston river. From the conjunction of its two source rivers, the Tennessee river flows southwest until, somewhat below the city of Chattanooga, the river enters the state of Alabama.
In Alabama, the Tennessee river flows first southwest and then northwest, after which, bordering the state of Mississippi for about ten miles its western side, the river again enters the state of Tennessee, by now flowing north (and slightly west). After passing through Tennessee, it enters Kentucky until it reaches and flows into the Ohio river at Paducah, Kentucky.
Notes
- ↑ From the book "Aboriginal Sites on Tennessee River" by Clarence B. Moore, reprinted from the Journal of The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Vol. XVI, 1915. This view is from a screen shot from the PDF file, rotated and cropped.