Chickasaw Steamboat Landing in "A Courtship" (Location)

Submitted by sfr on Fri, 2016-01-08 15:09
Text: 
"A Courtship"
Location Key: 
Tallahatchie Steamboat Landing
Display Label: 
Steamboat Landing
Map Icon: 
Event
Authority : 
Context (text, as interpreted)
Other Texts Location Appears In: 
"The Old People"
Go Down, Moses
Requiem for a Nun
X: 
1210
Y: 
135
Description: 

This "landing" is the spot on the river where the steamboat ties up during its annual visit to the Chickasaws. David Hogganbeck made a "mark" at the spot - perhaps a stake driven into the bank - to let the tribe know when water is high enough to be navigable (365).

Role: 
Site of Event
Status: 
Continuous
Types: 
River Landing

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