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Hiwassee

American  
[hahy-wos-ee] / haɪˈwɒs i /

noun

  1. a river in NE Georgia, SW North Carolina, and SE Tennessee, flowing N to the Tennessee River. 150 miles (241 km) long.


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Yet since the dam’s completion, the federally controlled TVA has worked to raise oxygen levels in more than 300 miles of river downstream of its dams — a move meant to improve the viability of the three-inch fish — while wildlife managers successfully introduced the snail darter in the Hiwassee and Holston rivers.

From Washington Post

He wanted the town to pay sincere homage to its Cherokee roots as evidenced by the presence of the Charleston-Calhoun-Hiwassee Historical Society, the realization of the Hiwassee River Heritage Center which was a timely repurposing of a former bank building, and the prideful opening of the National Historic Trail Experience whose winding course takes pedestrians from the Heritage Center to Hoyt Berry Park.

From Washington Times

Hiwassee College closed in the spring in rural, mostly white Madisonville, Tennessee.

From Seattle Times

News outlets report Hiwassee College in Madisonville will close May 10.

From Washington Times

Hiwassee College was founded in 1849 and is affiliated with the Holston Conference of the United Methodist Church.

From Washington Times