The American Cyclopædia (1879)/Tallapoosa (river)

TALLAPOOSA, a river of Georgia and Alabama, which rises in Paulding co., Ga., flows S. W., S., and W. 250 m., and unites with the Coosa, forming the Alabama, about 10 m. N. of Montgomery. Its principal affluent is the Little Tallapoosa. It is navigable for steamboats more than 40 m. above the Coosa.