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The Bighorn River is a tributary of the Yellowstone, approximately 461 miles (742 km) long, in the states of Wyoming and Montana in the western United States. The river was named in 1805 by fur trader François Larocque for the bighorn sheep he saw along its banks as he explored the Yellowstone.
The Little Bighorn River [2] is a 138-mile-long (222 km) [4] tributary of the Bighorn River in the United States in the states of Montana and Wyoming.The Battle of the Little Bighorn, also known as the Battle of the Greasy Grass, was fought on its banks on June 25–26, 1876, as well as the Battle of Crow Agency in 1887.
Map of principal rivers of Montana ... Bighorn River. Beauvais Creek; Big Bull Elk Creek; Black Canyon Creek; Dry Head Creek; Grapevine Creek; Little Bighorn River.
The Wind River is the name applied to the upper reaches of the Bighorn River in Wyoming in the United States. The Wind River is 185 miles (298 km) [ 3 ] long. The two rivers are sometimes referred to as the Wind/Bighorn.
EJE Bridge over Shell Creek Map of Shell Creek Watershed. Shell Creek is a tributary of the Bighorn River, approximately 50 mi (80 km) long, in Wyoming in the United States. Lying entirely within Big Horn County, Shell Creek begins above the Shell Lakes in the Bighorn Mountains.
The Bighorn River below the Afterbay Dam is likewise a world-class trout fishing area. [ 38 ] [ 39 ] In addition, the area features many archeological and historical resources. [ 40 ] Visitor centers and other developed facilities are located in Fort Smith, Montana , and near Lovell, Wyoming .
The word "Bighorn Mountains" were also used by the Arapaho or Cheyenne: both tribes called today's Bighorn River "Mountain Sheep River," and it was common to name mountain ranges after nearby rivers. The Cheyenne term for the Bighorn Mountains is Ma'xekȯsáeho'honáéva with the element kȯsáeho meaning bighorn sheep. [14]
The dam and reservoir lie in Bighorn Canyon in the northwestern portion of the Bighorn Range where the Bighorn River cuts through it, 112 miles (180 km) above the Bighorn's junction with the Yellowstone at Custer, Montana. Bighorn Lake is the reservoir formed behind the dam, and has a capacity of 1,381,189 acre-feet (1.703672 × 10 9 m 3) of ...