Lake Tenkiller by Richardphotos

Photography • Landscape • posted on Nov 06, 2014

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still have a few more to share The lake and dam were named for the Tenkiller family, prominent Cherokees who owned the land and ferry that were bought for the project. the original name was Tenkiller Ferry Lake. there was a politician running for office with the name of Fourkiller in Oklahoma I believe they came by with such names because a warrior had killed "x" amount of buck deer or bison. I also heard that years ago what ever was happening when a baby was born, they would associate it by naming the baby

Comments (24)

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prutzworks

8:02AM | Thu, 06 November 2014

brautiful shot and interesting info

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magnus073

8:07AM | Thu, 06 November 2014

Great capture of this awe inspiring setting, Richard. Thanks also for providing a bit of background info on where the name comes from.

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jayfar

9:24AM | Thu, 06 November 2014

A beautiful Autumn scene Richard.

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Cyve

10:45AM | Thu, 06 November 2014

I love it... Marvelous POV and really fabulous image !!!

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emmecielle

11:23AM | Thu, 06 November 2014

Fantastic capture! :)

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sossy

11:57AM | Thu, 06 November 2014

wonderful closer view! love how the lake is bending and there are more details of the beautiful trees and the scottish grass g

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bakapo

12:00PM | Thu, 06 November 2014

cool info. I like this peaceful scene.

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drittervon5

12:29PM | Thu, 06 November 2014

Great capture! Excellent Location!

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farmerC

1:36PM | Thu, 06 November 2014

Fantastic shot.

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zaigodou

2:32PM | Thu, 06 November 2014

Beautiful !!!!!

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Jay-el-Jay

5:01PM | Thu, 06 November 2014

It looks like a wonderful place to do some boating.

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eekdog Online Now!

5:59PM | Thu, 06 November 2014

great capture of the area.

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drifterlee

6:17PM | Thu, 06 November 2014

Gorgeous!!!!

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irisinthespring

7:15PM | Thu, 06 November 2014

Spectacular capture!

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Darkwish

9:12PM | Thu, 06 November 2014

I like this shot!

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RodS Online Now!

9:21PM | Thu, 06 November 2014

Looks like a lovely place - wonderful photo, Richard!

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paul_gormley

10:43PM | Thu, 06 November 2014

only one sign of human imposition on the landscape — makes you wonder how it looked a hundred years ago, nice shot

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Windigo

12:00AM | Fri, 07 November 2014

Great spot to relax, very nice shot!

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starship64

1:51AM | Fri, 07 November 2014

I had a great-grandmother whose last name was Sixkiller. From what I heard, the x-killer names were originally given to warriors who had killed that many enemies in battle.

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