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*[[DeLorme]] (2003). ''Kansas Atlas & Gazetteer''. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. {{ISBN|0-89933-342-7}}. |
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*[[DeLorme]] (2003). ''Oklahoma Atlas & Gazetteer''. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. {{ISBN|0-89933-283-8}}. |
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Revision as of 09:55, 24 January 2018
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The Medicine Lodge River is a 130-mile-long (210 km)
Name
The Medicine Lodge River got its name from a large hut built by the Kiowa Indians, who believed the water from the river had healing properties if ingested or inhaled in a sauna type room.
The United States Board on Geographic Names settled on "Medicine Lodge River" as the stream's name in 1968. According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as "A-ya-dalda-pa River," "Medicine Lodge Creek" and "Medicine River."
Geography
The river rises in Kiowa County, Kansas and flows generally southeastwardly through Barber County in Kansas and Alfalfa County in Oklahoma, past the Kansas towns of Belvidere, Sun City and Medicine Lodge.
It joins the
See also
- List of Kansas rivers
- List of Oklahoma rivers
- Medicine Lodge, Kansas
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-04-05 at WebCite, accessed May 31, 2011
- ^ General Highway Map - Alfalfa County, Oklahoma (PDF) (Map) (1992 ed.). Oklahoma Department of Transportation, Planning Division.