Chickasaw Bluff

The highest point is approximately located near Martyrs Park, with land gradually sloping downward towards the Wolf River Harbor northward.

[1] The bluffs are characterized by very steep valleys and have higher gradient streams than areas to the east or west.

Although the Chickasaw Bluffs refer to the four numbered formations in Tennessee, the geological feature stretches from Hickman, Kentucky to around Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Some historians claim that Fort Prudhomme was built on the first Chickasaw Bluff, in modern-day Lauderdale County.

[7][8] The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture suggests that the fort was constructed on the second Chickasaw Bluff near modern-day Randolph.

[5][9] Other research mentions the third Chickasaw Bluff as the location of the fort, at the border of modern Tipton and Shelby counties.

[6][10] The fourth Chickasaw Bluff in modern Shelby County at Memphis is also supported as a site of Fort Prudhomme.

[11][12] During the American Revolution, the Chickasaw Bluffs were fortified by the British in an attempt to control the Mississippi River.

Worthington and his Virginia soldiers constructed Fort Jefferson to protect American interests along the Mississippi River.

[13] In 1781, Captain Worthington was ordered by General Clark to withdraw his company of soldiers and abandon Fort Jefferson, which was remote and indefensible from continuous Chickasaw attacks.

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