Toccoa/Ocoee River
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The Toccoa River and Ocoee River are the names in use for a single 93-mile-long river that flows northwestward through the southern Appalachian Mountains of the southeastern United States. It is a tri
The whitewater rapids of the Upper Ocoee during the 1996 Summer Olympics.
TVA's Ocoee Dam No. 3 on the Ocoee River in Polk County, Tennessee, ca. 1945
Detail of a bridge built over the river for the 1996 Olympics.
Passiflora incarnata
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Passiflora incarnata, commonly known as maypop, purple passionflower, true passionflower, wild apricot, and wild passion vine, is a fast-growing perennial vine with climbing or trailing stems. A membe
Toccoa/Ocoee River
…Centennial 1996 Summer Olympics held primarily in Atlanta, about 100 miles (160 km) to the south. The name Ocoee originates from the Cherokee name for Passiflora incarnata, ocoee. Toccoa comes from a Cherokee word meaning "Catawba place" or "beautiful". On February 16, 1990 flooding of the river submerged much of the…
Maypop Flower B Bee
Passiflora incarnata fruit
Passiflora incarnata
Sprouting maypop in July