Platte River
Noun
Meaning
a river in Nebraska that flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River
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After ferrying across the Missouri River and establishing wagon trains near what became Omaha, the Mormons followed the northern bank of the Platte River in Nebraska to Fort Laramie in present-day Wyoming.
After the Black Vermillion River the trail angles northwest to Nebraska paralleling the Little Blue River until reaching the south side of the Platte River.
All of this greenery was fed with South Platte River water diverted through the city ditch.
Fly fishing overview The South Platte River is a Gold Medal Western trout river on the Eastern Slope of Colorado.
"Antero" is derived from the Spanish word "first," as it was the first dam on the South Platte River near the river's origin.
In many years the Indians fired much of the dry grass on the prairie every fall so the only trees or bushes available for firewood were on islands in the Platte River.