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TURN BULL CREEK

JOAN RELATES THE STORY OF HOW TURNBULL CREEK OF CRAGGIE
HOPE, TENNESSEE GOT ITS NAME. TURNBULL CREEK GOT ITS
NAME FROM THE TIME A MAN RODE HIS AXE (OX?) INTO THE
SWOLLEN STREAM. FINDING IT TOO DEEP TO FORD, HE
STARTED YELLING, "TURN, BULL! TURN, BULL!"

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name

Date learned: 07-00-1968

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