My Water Post For Today.
This photo is from our train trip across the Country.
Once in a while the announcer on the train brings something to our attention. That is what happened here.
They made an announcement that the North Platte River was coming up and I managed to get a quick photo of it, as we crossed a bridge.
It didn't look too impressive to me and after doing the research on it, I found out that it has 9 dams along the way and that this causes the river to be a very small one with lots of mud and not much depth.
The thing that makes it amazing is the fact that it runs 500 miles, from the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, to its confluence with the South Platte River in North Platte, Nebraska. The two rivers (now one) then become the Platte River and drain into the Missouri River at Plattsmouth, Nebraska. The Missouri drains into the Mississippi River, just north of St. Louis and then the water heads out to the Gulf.
I found the history interesting and I hope you did too. As the 49er's used to say: The Platte River was "too thick to drink, too thin to plow", but it brought growth and green trees to a desolate part of the Great Plains.
Enjoy.
I agree the story is very interesting, so TY. The strange part as I was reading it & you said the 49er said it was too thick to drink it but to thin to plow it, all I could think was what a footfall team would care? Yeah I am out of my mind..
ReplyDeleteThe 49ers were the settlers who came west, searching for gold, of course. Where the name for the San Francisco 49ers comes from. :-)
ReplyDeleteBelieve me I knew that!!!
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