Originally Posted By: timbercruiser
Some of ya'll that are more locally informed about the Claiborne area south. I see on most old maps instead of the Alabama River being called the Alabama River that it is called Majors Creek all the way to the Mobile river. Where did that name come from?


I've never seen that, but I guess I haven't looked at the right map. Very familiar with majors creek though and it intersects into a huge oxbow that used to be the Alabama River just below Boat Yard.