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The town was named Pigeon Roost because of the great number of passenger pigeons in the area. The settlement consisted of a single line of cabins stretching north and south approximately one mile north of the present town of Underwood. The nearest Native village was located some 20 miles north near the Muskatatuck River.
Pigeon Roost is a ghost town in Choctaw County, Mississippi. [ 1 ] Once home to a Chief of the Choctaw people, and an important stop along the Old Natchez Road , nothing remains of the former settlement.
Entrance to Pigeon Roost State Historic Site along U.S. Route 31, 5 miles south of Scottsburg 38°36′56″N 85°46′33″W / 38.61556°N 85.77583°W / 38.61556; -85.77583 ( Pigeon American Indian/Native American
1862 map from the New York Times showing the plank road route out of Memphis. The Memphis and Hernando Plank Road was a toll road between Memphis, Tennessee, and Hernando, Mississippi, in the United States.
Resistance to U.S. colonization in the Indiana Territory by Native Americans became more frequent after the outbreak of war, which led to attacks such as the Pigeon Roost raid. During the war, the Rangers were used to augment larger American armies.
Troublesome Creek, and the streams that feed into it, saw nearly half of the total victims of historic flooding across Eastern Ky. Many were left to wonder why this creek, of all the Appalachian ...
Pigeon Roost or Pigeonroost may refer to: Horse Creek (Kentucky), location of Pigeon Roost Creek and Pigeonroost post office; Pigeon Roost, Mississippi, a ghost town in Choctaw County; Pigeonroost, North Carolina, an unincorporated community in Mitchell County; Pigeon Roost Creek (Indiana), a stream; Pigeon Roost Creek (Missouri), a stream
Modern-day Pigeon Roost. September saw additional attacks across the territory. On September 3 in northern Clark County, Shawnees slaughtered the villagers of Pigeon Roost. Early September saw two separate attacks on Fort Harrison and Fort Wayne, but this time the defenders were able to repel the attack.