Hogehege

Hogehege was among the names used by early mapmakers for the Tennessee River and its upper waters. The river follows a great bend through northern Alabama before turning north toward the Ohio. Far upstream, the Holston, also known as Hogohegee, joins the French Broad to form the Tennessee. French maps and traders used several names for these waterways, including Cherokee River; by the late eighteenth century the name Tennessee had become established for the main river.