Tombigbee River Name Origin From Choctaw Speech
A Wichita Eagle excerpt explains how the Tombigbee name arose from Choctaw words for box maker and the creek, recounting a white carpenter’s influence on burial boxes and the river’s meaning.
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Newspaper
Bluefield Evening Leader
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1910
Page
6
A Wichita Eagle excerpt explains how the Tombigbee name arose from Choctaw words for box maker and the creek, recounting a white carpenter’s influence on burial boxes and the river’s meaning.
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