Powder River
Proper noun
Meaning
A river in Wyoming and Montana, USA, which is a tributary of the Yellowstone River.
A river in Oregon, United States, a tributary of the Snake River.
A census-designated place in Natrona County, Wyoming, United States.
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Among the most influential and respected Arapaho chiefs living on the Agency was Chief Black Coal who gained prominence as a warrior and leader against white settlers in the Powder River country.
Coal country recently emerged from a wave of bankruptcies, in which several mines in the Powder River Basin moved into new, and new-to-Wyoming, hands.
Having settled the Black Hills of South Dakota and the Powder River Country of present-day Montana, they introduced the horse culture to Lakota bands about 1730.
Most of the Indians moved north into Nebraska on their way to the Black Hills and the Powder River.
Once in the area of the Powder River the Arapaho noticed an increase in travelers moving along the established Bozeman trail, which led to the Montana gold fields.
Powder River Expedition main After the Sand Creek Massacre and a number of other skirmishes the Northern Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Lakota moved many of their bands to the remote Powder River country in Wyoming and southern Montana.