| Deer Creek | |
|---|---|
 Bridge of abandoned
Illinois Central Railroad line across Deer Creek in
Scott | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Lake Boliver |
| • location | Scott, Bolivar County, Mississippi |
| • coordinates | 33°35′56″N 91°04′50″W / 33.59889°N 91.08056°W |
| Mouth | Yazoo River |
• location | Warren County, Mississippi |
• coordinates | 32°32′44″N 90°47′43″W / 32.54556°N 90.79528°W |
Deer Creek (also Issaquena Creek or Lower Deer Creek) is a creek in Mississippi, United States. Its source is Lake Bolivar, in Scott, Bolivar County, Mississippi.
Course
As Deer Creek flows south through the Mississippi Delta, it passes through the following counties: Bolivar, Washington, Sharkey, Issaquena, and Warren; and through the following communities: Metcalfe, Stoneville, Leland, Burdett, Arcola, Hollandale, Panther Burn, Nitta Yuma, Anguilla, Rolling Fork, Cary, Onward, and Valley Park.
Prior to the Civil War the stream was navigable and accessible to the Mississippi River at Lake Bolivar. [1] The Deer Creek watershed is connected to the Big Sunflower River via the Rolling Fork Creek, a connection that occurs only at high water stages and can flow either way. [2]
During the Civil War, a battery of field guns was shipped up the stream to be carried to positions on the Mississippi River at "Greenville Bends" to fire on the U.S. Navy. [3]
Name
Deer Creek's name is an accurate preservation of its native Choctaw name isi okhina, meaning "deer river". [4]
Muddy Waters nickname
Muddy Waters got his nickname "Muddy Waters" by playing in the river. [5]
See also
References
- ^ Mrs. Henry Vick Phelps (Dorothy Cole) and Henry Vick Phelps II. (1974). Nitta Yuma King Cotton. Nitta Yuma, Ms: D.C. Phelps. p. 22 f.
- ^ Golden, Harold G. (1960). Bulletin 60-2 "Low-flow characteristics Sunflower Basin, Mississippi." Jackson: U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with Mississippi Board of Water Commissioners. p. 4.
- ^ Doyle, Daniel R. “The Civil War in the Greenville Bends.” The Arkansas Historical Quarterly., vol. 70, no. 2, 2011, pp. 131–61. JSTOR website Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- ^ Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 44. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.
- ^ Chilton, Martin (2016-04-03). "Muddy Waters: celebrating a great blues musician". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
- Rivers of Mississippi
- Bodies of water of Bolivar County, Mississippi
- Bodies of water of Sharkey County, Mississippi
- Bodies of water of Washington County, Mississippi
- Bodies of water of Issaquena County, Mississippi
- Bodies of water of Warren County, Mississippi
- Mississippi placenames of Native American origin
- Mississippi river stubs