Clarks River

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Clarks River, named for William Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, is a small tributary of the Tennessee River located in the Jackson Purchase region of Western Kentucky. For the greater part of its length, it consists of two parallel forks of approximately equal size, the East Fork and the West Fork. The East Fork begins west of Murray, Kentucky in Calloway County and is paralleled by a railroad. The West Fork begins about 4 miles west of Murray, KY near the intersection of Jones-Sparkman and Butterworth Roads in Calloway County and flows through Kaler, KY and Symsonia, KY in Graves County before joining with the east fork at Oaks Station, KY in McCracken County, KY.

Clarks River streaks from Murray (in Calloway County, KY) through Benton (in Marshall County, KY) and ends in Paducah (McCracken County, KY), where the mouth of the River intersects with the Tennessee River. This River is full of wildlife and full of the cottonmouth water moccasin. Documented evidence states that many native American encampments and indian tribes camped and lived along its banks. To this day artifacts have been found including spear heads arrow heads and pottery.