Tensleep Creek
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Tensleep Creek upper course: West Tensleep Creek |
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 Rock formation in Ten Sleep Canyon |
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| Water code | US : 1603559 | |
| location | Montana , Wyoming (USA) | |
| River system | Mississippi River | |
| Drain over | Nowood River → Bighorn → Yellowstone → Missouri → Mississippi → Gulf of Mexico | |
| source | Brokenback Narrows 44 ° 9 ′ 9 ″ N , 107 ° 15 ′ 3 ″ W. |
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| muzzle | in the Nowood River coordinates: 44 ° 1 '50 " N , 107 ° 27' 43" W 44 ° 1 '50 " N , 107 ° 27' 43" W. |
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| Mouth height |
1336 m
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| Small towns | Ten Sleep | |
The Tensleep Creek is a 12.8 km long river on the west side of the Bighorn Mountains in the US state of Wyoming .
course
The river has its source at an altitude of over 3000 m in the Cloud Peak Wilderness Area . In the upper reaches it flows through the lakes Gunboat Lake , Mistymoon Lake , Lake Marion , Lake Helen and West Tensleep Lake , then follows the Tensleep Canyon before it flows into the Nowood River (a tributary of the Bighorn River ) at Ten Sleep .
history
The area at the confluence of the Ten Sleep Creek and the Nowood River was initially a settlement for the indigenous population of the area. Because of its favorable conditions - there was plenty of food and water for herds - it became one of the first places in the county to be settled by white immigrants. In the 1880s and 1890s the number of new settlers increased rapidly, so that in 1906 the small village of Worland was founded. The railway line of the Burlington Railroad ran along the east side of the river, while the village was created on the west bank. The residents therefore decided to relocate the settlement and tried in January and February 1906 to pull the buildings over the frozen river with runners and horses. The railroad brought more settlers to Worland. The increase in population led to the fact that on February 9, 1911, the government of Wyoming created the independent Washakie County by law. This county is the only one in Wyoming to have the name of an Indian chief. Washakie was a chief of the Shoshone . In 1932 the village of Ten Sleep was founded.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tensleep Creek. Wyoming Game & Fish Department, accessed March 2, 2018 .
- ^ Ten Sleep Canyon - Big Horn Mountain Country . In: Big Horn Mountain Country . ( bighornmountaincountry.com [accessed March 2, 2018]).
- ^ Washakie County, Wyoming. In: wyohistory.org. Retrieved March 3, 2018 .