The lake's name comes from a legend about a 19th-century Chickasaw Indian chief who was called Reelfoot because he h.... neighbour bride

The lake's name comes from a legend about a 19th-century Chickasaw Indian chief who was called Reelfoot because he had a deformed foot. His defiance of the Great Spirit by stealing a bride from a neighbouring tribe supposedly caused the earthquake that formed the lake. neighbour bride