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	Jefferson County, Montana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		According to the Montana Almanac, Jefferson County is one of the original nine counties of the Montana Territory.
		Jefferson County's slogan "The Undiscovered In-Between" was derived from its location between Bozeman, Butte and Helena.
		According to the U.S. Bureau of the Census, median income for Jefferson County households in 1997 was $41,820.
	www.co.jefferson.mt.us (406 words)

	Jefferson River
		It is a river of intricacies and history, flowing from Twin Bridges where it is formed by the confluence of the Big Hole, Ruby and Beaverhead, to its juncture with the Madison and Gallatin some 50 miles downstream, creating the mighty Missouri.
		Our favorite times of year for this wonderful river is spring, when pre-run off streamer and dry fly action is incredible, and fall when big fish begin to migrate out of the Missouri, through the Jefferson, on their way to spawning grounds in the Ruby, Beaverhead and Big Hole.
		Average flow on this river is approximately 1,000 cfs but she can rip and roar at close to 18,000 cfs - a sight to behold - under the right spring conditions, fed by the undammed Big Hole.
	www.countryroadsinc.com /fishing/jeffersonriver.htm (344 words)

	Gallatin River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Gallatin River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately 120 mi (193 km long), in the U.S. states of Wyoming and Montana.
		It is one of three rivers, along with the Jefferson and Madison that converge near Three Forks, Montana to form the Missouri.
		In June, when the snowmelt is released from the mountains, the river has a class IV section called the "Mad Mile".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gallatin_River (273 words)

	Lewis and Clark expedition - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Lewis and Clark expedition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The survey, ordered by President Thomas Jefferson, was led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark.
		Information gathered by the explorers, and the opening of a new route to the Pacific, helped to fuel the Westward expansion of the USA; one immediate effect was an influx of US mountain men (fur traders) to the Rocky Mountain regions.
		President Jefferson had paid $15 million dollars for a vast area of land (the present-day states of Louisiana, Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Oklahoma), and wanted to discover what had been bought.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Lewis+and+Clark+expedition (486 words)

	Jefferson River
		The Jefferson River is formed near Twin Bridges where the Beaverhead, Ruby and Big Hole Rivers come together and flows 80 miles to the confluence with the Madison and Gallatin Rivers to become the Missouri River.
		The Jefferson River is formed near Twin Bridges where the Beaverhead, Ruby and Big Hole Rivers come together, and flows 84 miles north to the confluence at Three Forks with the Madison and Gallatin Rivers to become the Missouri River.
		The river could be a national blue ribbon trout fishery and a valuable attraction for visitors to Gallatin, Madison and Beaverhead counties, if it were not so severely dewatered by agricultural irrigators.
	www.montanariveraction.org /jefferson.river.html (1055 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: JEFFERSON, TX
		Jefferson, the county seat of Marion County, is at the junction of U.S. Highway 59 and State Highway 49, on Big Cypress Creek and Caddo Lake in the south central portion of the county.
		Jefferson men volunteered for military service in large numbers, and during the Civil War a meat cannery was established there, as were factories for boots and shoes.
		By 1870 Jefferson, with a population of 4,180, was the sixth largest city in Texas.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/JJ/hgj2.html (1328 words)

	Fly Fishing the Jefferson River in Montana
		Formed from the junction of the Big Hole and Beaverhead Rivers, the Jefferson River is one that many people overlook as its reputation is not that of the many other Southwest Montana rivers.
		Jefferson Canyon is made up of limestone walls and beautiful rock formations carved from thousands of years of erosion.
		The rivers quiet slow nature keeps the trout from feeding on top until the sun is either hidden from overcast skies, low in the sky, or shaded by the walls of this beautiful canyon.
	www.flyfishingconnection.com /jefferson.html (611 words)

	Corps of Discovery
		Jefferson envisioned the nation's eventual expansion to the Pacific, and wanted to strengthen the American claim to the northwest Columbia Basin.
		In December 1803 William Clark established "Camp River Dubois" at the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, north of St. Louis.
		The Corps of Discovery was reunited in North Dakota, at the mouth of the Yellowstone River.
	www.nps.gov /jeff/LewisClark2/CorpsOfDiscovery/CorpsOfDiscoveryMain.htm (1265 words)

	Articles - Missouri River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The headwaters of the Missouri are in the Rocky Mountains of southwestern Montana, near the continental divide.
		During the late 19th century, the river was a primary means of transportation of goods and passengers before the spread of the railroads.
		This federally-designated "Wild and Scenic River" is among the last unspoliled stretches of the Missouri, and exhibits the islands, bars, chutes and snags that once characterized the "Mighty Mo".
	www.centralairconditioners.net /articles/Missouri_River (926 words)

	Conservation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Jefferson River is formed when the Big Hole, Ruby and Beaverhead rivers meet in Twin Bridges, Montana, and from there it flows north for more than 70 miles to join the Madison and Gallatin rivers to form the Missouri River.
		In short, the Jefferson River today is a mere shadow of the river that Lewis and Clark ascended in 1805 and named after the president.
		The effort that is beginning to unfold on the Jefferson is centered on promoting and preserving sustainable agriculture in the river valley while at the same time restoring the river and its fishery.
	activeangler.com /articles/conservation/articles/orvis/jefferson.asp (895 words)

	The Bozeman Daily Chronicle
		Rivers continue to drop in southwest Montana and state officials have asked irrigators and other users to reduce their take of water from the Jefferson River, one of the hardest hit by drought.
		As of Wednesday morning, the Jefferson at Twin Bridges was flowing at only 440 cubic feet per second, less than half of its mean flow for Aug. 4 of 964 cfs.
		The West Gallatin River, at Gallatin Gateway, was flowing at 540 cfs, compared to a mean of 713.
	bozemandailychronicle.com /articles/2004/08/05/news/02riversbzbigs.txt (558 words)

	Search Results for 'Missouri-River' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The river flows south until its waters originally were sent to the Mississippi River through the Headwater Diversion Channel, which came into the Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau.
		Although it is not a very big river, in the world of navigation, it is expected to become a very popular route.
		The Current River is a tributary of the Black River, approximately 225 mi (362 km) long, in southeastern Missouri and northeastern Arkansas in the United States.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/M/Missouri-River.htm (1455 words)

	Lewis & Clark on the Jefferson River. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This article details the daily events of Lewis and Clark as they explored the Jefferson River in southwest Montana, preceded by an overview of the circumstances that led to the expedition and a synopsis of their travels before and after the Jefferson River.
		Jefferson was a widower with grown children, so he lived in the President’s House with Lewis and eleven servants.
		Lewis described the Jefferson Valley, saying “the plain ascends gradually on either side of the river to the bases of two ranges of high mountains (the Tobacco Roots and the Highlands), which lye parallel to the river and prescribe the limits of the plains.
	www.3riverspark.org /Jefferson_River/Lewis_and_Clark.htm (9240 words)

	Jefferson River - Eight Spectacular Fishing Spots Along the Lewis and Clark Trail - Species at Risk - Lewis and Clark - ...
		While its sister rivers, the Gallatin and Madison, garner international glory as destination streams, the Jefferson is left to its slow-moving ways.
		But the river named for the president who launched the Expedition and chosen by the Corp of Engineers as the source of the Missouri has its own charms.
		The Golden Sunlight open pit cyanide leach gold mine is situated one mile from the Jefferson River near Whitehall.
	www.sierraclub.org /lewisandclark/fishing_guide/jefferson3.asp (338 words)

	Moving to Montana
		Along the middle Missouri River and in the southeastern section, an irregular badland topography was cut by water and wind erosion.
		Other multipurpose dams in Montana are the Libby on the Kootenai River, the Tiber Dike on the Marias River, the Hungry Horse on the South Fork of the Flathead River, the Fresno on the Milk River, the Canyon Ferry on the Missouri, the Yellowtail on the Bighorn River, and the Sherburne Lakes on Swiftcurrent Creek.
		The Louisiana Purchase was roughly bounded by the 49th parallel to the north, the Rocky Mountains to the west, the Mississippi River to the east, and the Gulf of Mexico to the south.
	www.abcmovex.com /states/MONTANA.html (11001 words)

	Trout Unlimited on the Jefferson \| Montana NRCS
		The Jefferson River begins at the confluence of the Big Hole, Beaverhead and Ruby rivers, then flows more than 70 miles to where it meets the Madison and Gallatin rivers and forms the mighty Missouri.
		Lewis and Clark thought the Jefferson so noble that they named it for their biggest supporter and the president of the newly-expanded United States, Thomas Jefferson.
		The voluntary council focuses its efforts along a 20-mile reach of the Jefferson River, from Twin Bridges to Waterloo, Mont., because most of the irrigation water is drawn from the river within that reach and the lowest flows occur just below the Waterloo Bridge.
	www.mt.nrcs.usda.gov /news/projects/tu_jeffriver.html (1257 words)

	FWP News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The full reach of the Jefferson River was re-opened to anglers today by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Director Pat Graham after being closed for six weeks.
		The Jefferson River Watershed Council's drought management plan set 300 cfs for seven consecutive days as the trigger to initiate a reopening of the river to angling.
		The Ruby is a tributary of the Jefferson River.
	nris.state.mt.us /wis/Swsi/FWPNews9_15b_00.html (408 words)

	Jefferson River - MT
		This is a description of the Jefferson River from Silver Star to Parson's Bridge.
		The river from Silver Star to Parson's bridge is fairly swiftly flowing, and of a pool and riffle structure.
		This river is steeped in history, as Lewis and Clark worked upstream on it on their way to the Pacific, and it was near here that Sacagawea and the party met the Shoshone tribe, the chief of whom was her brother.
	www.paddling.net /places/showReport.html?1165 (539 words)

	Lewis & Clark State Historic Site - Camp River Dubois
		With Jefferson's approval, Lewis invited William Clark to be co-commander of the expedition, and gave Clark the rank of captain.
		The river's mouth was a good harbor for boats and the location was very close to the mouth of the Missouri River, the route chosen for the expedition.
		Camp River Dubois was a military camp and the soldiers were required to participate in training and perform other military duties.
	www.campdubois.com /history.html (2342 words)

	Jefferson River Fishing Closure Lifted - News - FWP
		The afternoon fishing closure on the Jefferson River will be lifted beginning on Friday, September 16, 2005.
		Streamflow in the Jefferson River near Twin Bridges has increased from 311 cfs to 435 cfs in the past week.
		The combination of increased flow and cooler weather conditions have resulted in the closure being lifted beginning on September 16 as outlined in the Jefferson River Drought Management Plan.
	fwp.mt.gov /news/article_3872.aspx (173 words)

	Tom's Camping Journal: The Jefferson River Canoe Trip
		These rivers are wide and shallow enough that there are always places where the canoe drags across the rocks on the bottom.
		The river bumps up against the Tobacco Root Mountains here, and it is the only spot where you can get from the public right-of-way in the river up to the public lands in the mountains, without crossing private lands in between.
		Much of the Jefferson River is still rich and alive, but there are also large portions of it's banks stabilized with rip-rap, which kills the channeling that is necessary to germinate future cottonwood trees.
	www.hollowtop.com /journals/jjeffersoncanoe.htm (5340 words)

	Jefferson River
		While floating this more relaxed river you will enjoy looking at the Tobacco Root mountain range to the east, while the mighty Highland mountains with there year round white peaks glimmer in the west.
		This less famous Montana river is a slow meandering river, but holds a large population of trout.
		The most predominant insects on the river are Baetis, P.M.D.'s and Caddis, which hatch from April to October.
	www.worleybuggerflyco.com /montanaflyfish/jefferson_river.htm (291 words)

	Jefferson River
		Much of the Jefferson River remains as wild and remote as the day Lewis and Clark first encountered it in 1804.
		The Jefferson flows for about 70 miles northeast from its origin near Twin Bridges to its confluence with the Madison and Gallatin rivers at the headwaters of the Missouri River outside of Three Forks.
		A broad, multi-channeled river, the Jefferson has a gentle gradient and deep water.
	www.trails.com /tcatalog_trail.asp?TrailID=FGR029-009 (151 words)

	Montana Fishing Report: Jefferson River Fishing Report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		From its confluence with the Boulder River near Cardwell to Missouri Headwaters State Park, the Jefferson is primarily confined to a single channel, except near Three Forks.
		The Jefferson River is extensively used as a source of irrigation water and is subject to severe dewatering in low-water years.
		The Ruby and Clark Canyon reservoirs, which impound major upstream tributaries of the Jefferson, affect the river’s flow pattern.
	www.anglerguide.com /Montana/index.cfm?TR_ID=85 (246 words)

	Find 200th Anniversary Lewis & Clark Jefferson River Canoe Trip by Hollowtop Outdoor Primitive School, LLC on Course ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Jefferson River has been described by some as being like an "African Safari" with its abundance of wildlife and wild places, which is remarkable, given that it is not at all remote.
		There is very little public land along the river, but still you can see an abundance of wildlife such as deer, moose, coyotes, beavers, muskrats, otters, and all kinds of ducks and geese, herons and pelicans, plus eagles, falcons, and hawks.
		We will paddle from Beaverhead Rock on the Beaverhead River downstream for the entire length of the Jefferson River to end at Missouri Headwaters State Park.
	www.coursejunction.com /course_detail.cfm/id/11321 (892 words)

	DKCC Discussions - Jefferson River below US287 Bridge 9/5,7/05
		I went there primarily to jump off a cliff into the river that we used to jump off of while in college.
		I can do it, but it has always been a scarey thing for me, and there were some outings when I never got up the nerve to jump at all.
		A mule deer doe is not a note worthy sighting, but there was something about the deer and the sagebrush and the grass and the steep hill side and the white limestones cliffs that were really pretty.
	dkcc.org /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2616 (409 words)

	The Montana Standard - Butte, Montana USA
		TWIN BRIDGES — Fishing along the entire length of the Jefferson River will be prohibited between noon and midnight daily beginning at noon on Monday — due to low flow and warm water conditions, according to the state.
		A 600 cfs trigger flow at Twin Bridges was incorporated in 2000 as part of the Jefferson River Watershed Council's Drought Management Plan for the upper Jefferson River.
		The river plan is a voluntary effort in which agriculture, conservation groups, anglers, municipalities, businesses, and government agencies cooperate to moderate the effects of severe water shortages.
	www.mtstandard.com /articles/2005/07/23/newsstate/hjjejchhhgibhg.txt (296 words)

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