Lower Chattahoochee River (Images of America)

From its source in the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Chattahoochee River flows southwesterly to Atlanta and through its suburbs. Flowing through a series of reservoirs and artificial lakes, it flows by Columbus , the second-largest city in Georgia, and the Fort Benning Army base.

Farther south, it merges with the Flint River and other tributaries at Lake Seminole near Bainbridge , to form the Apalachicola River that flows into the Florida Panhandle. Although the same river, this portion was given a different name by separated settlers in different regions during the colonial times. The name Chattahoochee is thought to come from a Muskogean word meaning "rocks-marked" or "painted" , from chato "rock" plus huchi "marked".

Much of that segment of the river runs through the Brevard fault zone. The vicinity of the Chattahoochee River was inhabited in prehistoric times by indigenous peoples since at least BC. Among the historical Indigenous nations, the Chattahoochee served as a dividing line between the Muscogee Creek to the east and the Cherokee territories to the west in the Southeast. The United States accomplished the removal of Native Americans, to extinguish their claims and make way for European-American settlement, through a series of treaties, land lotteries, and forced removals lasting from through The Muscogee were first removed from the southeastern side of the river, and then the Cherokee from the northwest.

Between the tributaries of Proctor Creek and Nickajack Creek on the Cobb and Fulton county lines in metropolitan Atlanta, are nine remaining fortifications nicknamed "Shoupades" that were part of a defensive line occupied by the Confederate Army in early July Johnston and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A month prior to the Battle of Atlanta , Shoup talked with Johnston on June 18, about building fortifications. Johnston agreed, and Shoup supervised the building of 36 small elevated earth and wooden triangular fortifications, arranged in a sawtooth pattern to maximize the crossfire of defenders.

Sherman tried to avoid the Shoupade defenses by crossing the river to the northeast. The nine remaining Shoupades consist of the earthworks portion of the original earth and wooden structures; they are endangered by land development in the area. Two of the last battles of the war, West Point and Columbus took place at strategically important crossings of the Chattahoochee. Since the nineteenth century, early improvements and alterations to the river were for the purposes of navigation.

The river was important for carrying trade and passengers and was a major transportation route. In the twentieth century, the United States Congress passed legislation in and to improve navigation for commercial traffic on the river, as well as to establish hydroelectric power and recreational facilities on a series of lakes to be created by building dams and establishing reservoirs.

Creating the manmade, 46,acre Walter F. George Lake required evacuating numerous communities, including the historically majority-Native American settlement of Oketeyeconne, Georgia. Beginning in the late twentieth century, the nonprofit organization called " Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper " has advocated for the preservation of the environment and ecology of the northern part of the river, especially the part traversing Metropolitan Atlanta. In , a campaign to create a whitewater river course was launched in the portion of the Chattahoochee River that runs through Columbus, Georgia.

Between and , construction took place on the river, the Eagle and Phenix and City Mills Dams were breached and a 2. The project returned the river to its natural path across the Fall Line , as well as creating the longest urban whitewater course in the world.

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Several large manmade reservoirs , including Lanier , Walter F. George , West Point , and George W. The dams and reservoirs were developed following legislation by Congress of the mids for flood control , domestic and industrial water, hydroelectricity , recreation, and improved navigation for river barges.

Most of the lakes were completed by Several smaller and older lakes and dams also provide these services on a much smaller and more localized scale, including Bull Sluice Lake , which is held by the Morgan Falls Dam. This dam was built by the Georgia Railway and Power Company in to provide electric power for the Atlanta trolley system, which has long since been replaced by other forms of transportation.

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At various points, the Chattahoochee serves as the boundary between several counties and cities, as well as forming the lower half of the boundary between Alabama and Georgia. Atlanta is built upon the crest of a large ridge, rather than in the floodplain of the river. This has contributed the preservation of much of the natural scenic beauty of the section that runs through metropolitan Atlanta. North of the metropolis, the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area protects other portions of the riverbanks in a region that is spread across several disconnected areas.

The river traverses much of Atlanta's hilly topography of the northern suburbs. Wealthy suburban communities in northern metro Atlanta that abut the river include: Since three states have needs related to the river, there has been increasing controversy since the late twentieth century related to competing development among the regions and the implications for the river. The enormous growth of metropolitan Atlanta has increased its water withdrawals from the river.

This has effects downstream. For example, the oysters in the Apalachicola Bay of Florida depend on the brackish water mixture of river and ocean water, and the alternating freshwater and saltwater flows that the river and the tides provide. The amount of flow in the Chattahoochee has also been decreased by interbasin water transfers, where water is withdrawn from the Chattahoochee, but discharged as treated sewage water into another river, such as the Oconee River , which flow to the Atlantic Seaboard via the Altamaha River.

Interest groups and the state of Florida have asked the U. Congress to intervene to reduce the priority given to put navigation of the lower Chattahoochee, south of Columbus, by river barge. This requirement causes large water withdrawals, which environmental supporters consider a waste of water needed to support habitats, especially during droughts. The navigation issue has aggravated the fight between Georgia, Florida, and Alabama over rights to the river water. A lawsuit has been filed in the case to reduce priorities given to navigation.

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It is amazing to me that so much contemporary information was found concerning the CSA Navy's activities on these rivers and the people involved in it. Highly recommended to anyone seeking more information about the Confederate Navy and this little-known theater of activity.

Bridging deep south rivers: John Horry Dent, South Carolina aristocrat on the Alabama frontier by Gerald Ray Mathis Book 3 editions published in in English and held by WorldCat member libraries worldwide Taken from Dent's journals, this book explores the world of this wealthy planter and landholder. In , when he came, to the newly opened Alabama frontier with his young wife and her 35 slaves, he had the building of an agrarian dynasty in mind, but his ambition was thwarted by the Civil War.

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Archaeological salvage in the Walter F. Gregory Jeane Book 4 editions published in in English and held by WorldCat member libraries worldwide.

In following their day adventure through every bend of the river system, the reader is introduced to the river itself and to the stories of those who live and work along the river's edge. The text and color images combine to portray the river's social and cultural history and the environmental troubles that threaten its survival. The very worst road: These accounts, which are full of the interests and prejudices of their writers, provide insight into the frontier nature of early Alabama; European and Northern attitudes toward Southern whites and Native Americans; and the relationship of whites, Native Americans and African Americans.

The authors of the accounts convey the flavor of the Old Southwest with scholarly attention to detail, with ignorance and prejudice and, frequently, humor. The old beloved path: The book deals with all aspects of daily life--how people fed themselves, what they ate, how they educated their children, what they believed about God and the cosmos. Winn wanted to capture, as accurately as possible, what it felt like to live on the river in the days before the coming of the white man. Portrait of a region: Chattahoochee trace historical markers in Alabama and Georgia by Historic Chattahoochee Commission Book 1 edition published in in English and held by 54 WorldCat member libraries worldwide.

Memory paintings of an Alabama farm: Lower Chattahoochee River Book 2 editions published in in English and held by 52 WorldCat member libraries worldwide The Chattahoochee River has dramatically shaped the heritage of the lower Chattahoochee Valley of east and southeast Alabama and west and southwest Georgia.