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Tallahatchie

American  
[tal-uh-hach-ee] / ˌtæl əˈhætʃ i /

noun

  1. a river in N Mississippi, flowing SW and joining the Yalobusha River to form the Yazoo River. 230 miles (371 km) long.


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“I’m thankful that this woman didn’t murder her child,” Steven Jubera, the assistant district attorney in Tallahatchie County, said in an interview after the charges were dismissed.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2022

In Mississippi, straight-line wind reportedly knocked at least 30 train cars off the tracks in Tallahatchie County.

From Fox News • Jan. 11, 2020

I shot this on a trail ride with the Delta Hill Riders in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi.

From The Guardian • Dec. 5, 2019

Gentry’s No. 1 hit “Ode to Billie Joe” in 1967 turned her into a star with her swampy, Delta voice and her conversational lyrics about a boy who jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge.

From Washington Times • Sep. 23, 2019

A couple mornings a week we went fishing, but always on the Yazoo instead of the Tallahatchie.

From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe

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