One Hundred and Two River
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 The One Hundred and Two River near Savannah , Missouri (2006) |
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| Water code | US : 723822 | |
| location | Missouri , USA (headwaters from Iowa ) | |
| River system | Mississippi River | |
| Drain over | Platte River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico | |
| origin | Confluence of the East Fork and Middle Fork 102 River 40 ° 33 ′ 29 ″ N , 94 ° 49 ′ 24 ″ W |
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| muzzle | in the Platte River (Missouri) Coordinates: 39 ° 45 ′ 10 " N , 94 ° 43 ′ 50" W 39 ° 45 ′ 10 " N , 94 ° 43 ′ 50" W.
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| length | 145 km (including the longest source arm) | |
 west of Maryville, Missouri during the May flood. The river is actually on the far right of the picture. |
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 The river after a levee breach in Maryville in May 2007 |
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The One Hundred and Two River is a 145 km long right tributary to the Platte River Missouris in southwest Iowa and northwest Missouri in the United States with its longest head arm , also known as the Hundred and Two River .
According to the National Atlas , the river begins northwest of Hopkins at the confluence of the East Fork One Hundred and Two River and the Middle Fork One Hundred and Two River . The West Fork One Hundred and Two River also flows into the southwest of Hopkins .
The three arms intersect the western extension of the Sullivan Line (Missouri-Iowa border) at a point located between 101 and 102 miles from the confluence of the Missouri River and the Kansas River, north of Kaw Point in Kansas City . Kaw Point is the starting point for surveys in western Missouri.
The Sullivan Line begins exactly 100 miles (160.9 km) north of the confluence of the Kansas Rivers and Missouri Rivers near Sheridan and was extended westward in 1836 when the federal government acquired Native American territory and annexed it to Missouri. The Missouri section of the One Hundred and Two River is entirely within this purchased area.
origin of the name
In addition to the reference to the Sullivan line, there are other interpretations of the origin of the name:
- The author Homer Croy , who chronologizes life in Nodaway County , attributes the name to the Mormon Trail in 1847, according to which the river was 102 miles from the previous camp. This specification does not match the coordinates for Mount Pisgah , which is less than 100 miles from the river, but is close to the distance from Hopkins to what was then Kanesville, Iowa , which was the starting point for the Mormon Trail. Another version suggests that Brigham Young told his followers that the river was the 102nd river they had crossed since leaving Navoo.
- Robert L. Ramsay , who deals with the etymology of many places in Missouri, assumes that the name is a translation of the former French name Rivière Cent Deux , which in turn is a corruption of the name of the Osagen , Çondse , which means 'Upland Forest' means (the area traditionally inhabited by the Osagen is a good distance south of the river).
Headwaters and run
The three arms of the river have their source in Iowa:
- The West Fork One Hundred and Two River has its source at Corning in Adams County and flows consistently south through Taylor County , where the two tributaries converge, known as the West Branch and Middle Branches of the One Hundred and Two River.
- The Middle Fork One Hundred and Two River rises near Sharpsburg in Taylor County and flows in a south-southwest direction past the city of Gravity .
- The East Fork One Hundred and Two River has its source at Lenox in Taylor County and flows steadily southwest past the towns of Conway and Bedford .
Each of the three arms reaches Missouri, Nodaway County, from Taylor County, Iowa. They flow together at Hopkins . From this confluence , the One Hundred and Two Rivers always follow a south-facing course through the counties of Nodaway, Andrew and Buchanan , past the towns of Arkoe , Barnard , Maryville and Rosendale . In this section, the river bed is largely canalized. About ten kilometers west of St. Joseph is the confluence with the Platte River.
Over the Platte River, the Onehundred and Two River is part of the catchment area of the Missouri River . Much of the course of the river has been straightened and channeled .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry for One Hundred and Two River ( Memento of the original from March 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ One Hundred and Two River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
- ↑ Our Storehouse of Missouri Placenames by Robert Lee Ramsey, 1973, p. 7th
- ↑ Our Storehouse of Missouri Placenames by Robert Lee Ramsey, 1973, p. 9
- ↑ Wikipedia has an article on Bedford, Iowa
- ↑ a b DeLorme (1998). Iowa Atlas & Gazetteer . Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-214-5 .
- ^ West Fork One Hundred and Two River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
- ↑ West Branch One Hundred and Two River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
- ↑ Middle Branch One Hundred and Two River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
- ↑ Middle Fork One Hundred and Two River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
- ^ East Fork One Hundred and Two River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
- ↑ a b DeLorme (2002). Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer . Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-353-2 .
