Yellowstone River, Wyoming
by Aurelia Schanzenbacher
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Yellowstone River, Wyoming
Artist
Aurelia Schanzenbacher
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Photograph taken during our 2021 visit through the Western States to see the U.S. National Monuments and National parks. The Yellowstone River is considered to be one of the greatest trout streams of the world. The Yellowstone River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately 692 miles (1,114 km) long, in the Western United States. Considered the principal tributary of upper Missouri it drains an area stretching from the Rocky Mountains in the vicinity of Yellowstone National Park, across the mountains and plains of southern Montana and northern Wyoming. In Montana, the river has been used extensively for irrigation since the 1860s. In its upper reaches, within Yellowstone Park and the mountains of Montana, The name is widely believed to have been derived from the Minnetaree Indian name Mi tse a-da-zi (Yellow Rock River). he river was explored in 1806 by William Clark during the return voyage of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Clark's Fork of the river was named after him.
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January 20th, 2022
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