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The name "Big River" is a translation of the French Grande Rivière. [5] According to the National Weather Service, the maximum flood stage of the Big River at Byrnes Mill occurred on August 21, 1915, and was 30.20 feet (9.20 m), with a flow of roughly 80,000 cubic feet (2,300 m 3) per second. Flood stage at Byrnes Mill is 16 feet (4.9 m).
St. Francois State Park is a public recreation area occupying 2,735 acres (1,107 ha) five miles (8.0 km) north of Bonne Terre in St. Francois County, Missouri. The state park features a campground, trails for hiking and horseback riding, and fishing on the Big River. The 49-acre (20 ha) Coonville Creek Natural Area, made up of Coonville Creek ...
Terre Haute lies along the eastern bank of the Wabash River in western Indiana, about 75 mi (121 km) west of Indianapolis. According to the 2010 census, Terre Haute has an area of 35.272 square miles (91.35 km 2 ), of which 0.732 square miles (1.90 km 2 ) (or 2.08%) is covered by water.
Irondale, MO: Closed: Closed in 1965. [51] Lake of the Ozarks Scout Reservation: Great Rivers Council: Gravois Mills, MO: Active: Originally named "Camp Hohn." Home of the Sinquefield Invention Campus – housing a full wood shop, metal shop, 3d printers, laser cutter and engraver, electronics and programming materials, and much more.
Irondale was laid out in 1857 by John G. Scott, who built an iron furnace there. [8] [9] The town briefly changed its name to Savoy in 1906 to solve the problem of mail getting mixed up with the nearby towns of Ironton and Iron Mountain. A few years later the name was changed back to Irondale. [10]
The "Engineer’s Report for S.R. 641 (Terre Haute) Bypass" was completed in January 1995. [2] The project was developed to shorten travel times between US 41 and I-70, and avoid traffic congestion in central Terre Haute. The new freeway reduces travel distance by 3.0 miles (4.8 km) and bypass eleven stoplights. [1]
In total, 12 Big Lots stores across the Hoosier state have been marked for closure.
The lake was created when Big River was dammed. [2] The Council Bluff Dam construction began in 1979 and was completed in 1981. [ 5 ] It was at the time the largest earthfill dam ever built by the USDA-Forest Service with an embankment height of 124 feet.