In the Appalachian Valley region the Coosa River is the principal river ; and in the Piedmont Plateau, the Tallapoosa River.

The Alabama River, in the U. S. state of Alabama, is formed by the Tallapoosa and Coosa rivers, which unite about north of Montgomery.

After the Coosa and Tallapoosa rivers, the principal tributary of the Alabama is the Cahaba River, which is about long and joins the Alabama River about below Selma.

The Alabama River's main tributary, the Coosa River, crosses the mineral region of Alabama and is navigable for light-draft boats from Rome, Georgia, to about above Wetumpka ( about below Rome and below Greensport ), and from Wetumpka to its junction with the Tallapoosa.

The navigation of the Tallapoosa River –- which has its source in Paulding County, Georgia, and is about long -– is prevented by shoals and a fall at Tallassee, a few miles north of its junction with the Coosa.

* Equality ( part of Equality is in Elmore County and Tallapoosa County )

* Equality ( part of Equality is in Coosa County and Tallapoosa County )

* Tallassee ( part of Tallassee is in Tallapoosa County )

Randolph County is home to Lake Wedowee, a section of the Tallapoosa River.

To be more precise, the Coosa River and the Tallapoosa River flow together at Wetumpka, Alabama, to form the Alabama River, and then the Cahaba River is a tributary to that one farther to the west.

Tallapoosa County is a county of the U. S. state of Alabama.

The name Tallapoosa is of Creek origin, and many Indian villages were along the banks of the lower river before the 19th century.

Tallapoosa County is part of the Alexander City micropolitan area.

Tallassee ( first called Talisi by the Creek Indians ) is a city on the Tallapoosa River, located in both Elmore and Tallapoosa counties in the U. S. state of Alabama.

The Elmore County portion of Tallassee is part of the Montgomery Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the Tallapoosa County portion is part of the Alexander City Micropolitan Statistical Area.

It is bordered by two major rivers: The Coosa River to the west, and the Tallapoosa in the east.

Wetumpka is located at ( 32. 540972, − 86. 207726 ), and sits at the junction of the Coosa and Tallapoosa Rivers, where they merge to become the Alabama River.

Alexander City, known to locals as " Alex City ", is a city in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, United States, with a population of some 14, 875.

Alexander City is the principal city of the Alexander City Micropolitan Statistical Area, a micropolitan area that covers Coosa and Tallapoosa counties and had a combined population of 53, 677 at the 2000 census.

Camp Hill is a town in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, United States.

Dadeville is a city in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, United States.

Dadeville is home to " Simon Suggs ", a fictional character immortalized by Hooper's book Adventures of Simon Suggs and the Tallapoosa Volunteers and Other Stories.

Tallapoosa is the home of Tom Raper, avid Pabst Blue Ribbon drinker and YouTube sensation.

The convergence of the Coosa and Tallapoosa rivers was the gateway to Mobile Bay, which was where the French docked coming and going from their home countries.

The Scientific American of May 31, 1890, featured a glowing cover story on Tallapoosa, with many illustrations.

The first county seat for Randolph County was established in 1833 at Hedgeman Triplett's Ferry on the west bank of the Big Tallapoosa River, about west of Wedowee.

Additional expenditures were made by Tallapoosa Electric Cooperative for an electrical substation and by the OIDA for building construction for park tenants.

Tallapoosa Tours-" Travel to Tallapoosa for True Tales, Tasty Treats and Toe Tapping Tunes.

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There are four hydroelectric dams on the Tallapoosa: Yates Dam, Thurlow, Martin and Harris Dam ; they are important sources of electricity generation for Alabama Power ( a unit of the Southern Company ) and recreation for the public.

Tallapoosa, Georgia, is named for the river, which runs near the town.

About May 5, Gálvez received chiefs of the Tallapoosa Creeks who had arrived offering to supply meat for the Spanish camp.

and occupies a small triangular-shaped section of which Randolph and Clay counties, together with the northern part of Tallapoosa and Chambers, form the principal portion.

In the Coastal Plain are the Tombigbee River in the west, the Alabama River ( formed by the Coosa and Tallapoosa ) in the western central, and in the east the Chattahoochee River, which forms almost half of the Georgia boundary.

The Alabama, Coosa, and Tallapoosa rivers were central to the homeland of the Creek Indians before their removal by United States forces to the Indian Territory in the 1830s. In 1712 the Alabama River was descovered.

** Tallapoosa darter, Etheostoma tallapoosae.

French Canadian explorers founded Mobile as the first capital of Louisiana in 1702, and took advantage of the war to build Fort Toulouse at the confluence of the Tallapoosa and Coosa in 1717, trading with the Alabama and Coushatta.

Downtown Montgomery lies along the southern bank of the Alabama River, about downstream from the confluence of the Coosa and Tallapoosa rivers.

The citizens of the area had a difficult time reaching the county seat of Wedowee in Randolph County because of the Tallapoosa River to the east.

Elmore County was established on February 15, 1866, from portions of Autauga, Coosa, Tallapoosa, and Montgomery Counties.

Lee County was established by act of the Alabama state legislature on December 5, 1866, out of parts of Macon, Tallapoosa, Chambers, and Russell Counties.

Wedowee lies in the center of Randolph County, on a fork of the Little Tallapoosa River.