This river has played a part in my parents life and mine. My parents lived in Shorterville, Ala and being a farmer, my father sent his bales of cotton on a barge from Shorterville to Columbus. After moving to Columbus in 1923, they lived very near to the river and there they did most of their fishing. According to them, the river,s name meant "Traitorous Waters" and "Flowering Rock". On one fishing trip, my Mother along with two of my sisters and I went fishing in the river. On the banks were hugh rocks and in the current were swirling pools. These we called whirl pools. My youngest sister slid into the water and was caught in one of these pools and she went bobbing around and around in circles. My mother jumped in and pulled her to safety. Needless to say we were all very frightened. In the 1940,s my parents built a cabin up on the "backwaters". There we spend many happy days fishing, swimming and boating. But we always were mindful of how dangerous these waters could be. Also one old saying about Eufaula and how it got its name was that one day a man was crossing the old bridge built across it and an Indian standing on the banks kept calling out "you fallie" Of course this was just an olding saying that was handed down. No proof. My brother was an electrician and worked on the new dam for many years. And it was a great fishing spot for him and my other brother as long as they lived. Also about 1927, this river flooded and my parents were cut off by the flooding waters. That is the first that I ever heard about the Red Cross and they forded the water and brought food to the people who were flooded. One interesting thing that I remember about the "backwaters" was that we would search along the banks looking for treasure and we found many sharks teeth embedded in the dirt. We wondered how these teeth got so far up the river and when had the salt water ever gotten that far. Many memories about this river. Pat