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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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Chiles said she had grown up on a plantation near where Till’s body was pulled from the Tallahatchie River.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2022

Greenwood is on the eastern edge of the Mississippi Delta, not far from where the Tallahatchie and Yalobusha Rivers meet to form the Yazoo.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 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

The sound of the wind in the trees and the flow of the Tallahatchie made me want to hurry up and find a shady spot to take a nap.

From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe