Big Sandy River, also called Chatterawah, a navigable affluent of the Ohio, formed by the junction of two branches which rise in Virginia. The west fork traverses several counties of Kentucky, and the east fork is, during the later part of its course, the boundary between the two states.
Big Sandy River
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 138
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