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	AllRefer.com - Little Sioux, United States (U.S. Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Little Sioux[sOO] Pronunciation Key, river, 221 mi (356 km) long, rising in SW Minn. and flowing generally SW across NW Iowa to the Missouri River S of Sioux City.
		Flowing through a rich agricultural area in the Corn Belt, the river is used extensively for irrigation.
		The Nepper watershed project, near Mapleton, Iowa, consisting of four dams, was completed in 1948.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/L/LittleSi.html (182 words)

	Sioux - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The name Sioux is an abbreviated form of Nadouessioux borrowed into French Canadian as Nadoüessioüak from the early Ottawa exonym: na·towe·ssiwak "Sioux".
		On November 5, 1862 in Minnesota, in court martials, 303 Santee Sioux were found guilty of rape and murder of hundreds of white farmers and were sentenced to hang.
		The Sioux Nation consists of divisions, each of which may have distinct bands, the larger of which are divided into sub-bands.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sioux (1503 words)

	Little Sioux, Iowa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Little Sioux's main center of industry, at one time, was the saw-mill and grist-mill owned and operated by Scofield and Sons.
		In the summer of 1857 the first school in Little Sioux township was taught by Miss Mary Gleason in her father's house.
		The beginning of the Little Sioux Hustler is best told by quoting directly from the editorial page of the first sheet, carefully preserved along with the succeeding 47 years of the of the paper, by the Onawa Library.
	itsjudy.allaboutancestors.com /harrison/littlesioux (1226 words)

	Little Sioux Township - Harrison County Iowa Genealogy and History
		Little Sioux Township lies in the northwest corner of Harrison County between the Missouri River to the west and high loess bluffs to the east, which rise out of the bottomlands.
		In 1853 the Indian wife of Charles Larpenteur, one of the earliest settlers of Little Sioux, was killed by Omaha Indians involved in a dispute with the Sioux.
		As River Sioux is situated in the midst of a productive country, which is rapidly increasing in population, the shipments of various kinds of produce are necessarily quite large, and they are rapidly increasing in amount and value.
	www.rootsweb.com /~iaharris/twp/twplsiou.htm (2729 words)

	Recreation
		Along the Little Sioux River is a rural landscape that is welcoming and serene.
		There are no rapids on the Little Sioux River, but lifejackets are required, especially in the spring when the stream current is swift.
		The bald eagles take up residence on the Little Sioux River during the winter months, and are often seen fishing in the open water below the dam in the morning and again in late afternoon.
	www.linngroveiowa.org /things_to_do.htm (623 words)

	Lars and Karine, 1857
		There can be little doubt, if any, that the scheme was concocted in secret and that votes enough to carry it were pledged before the bill was sprung upon the chambers and an unsuspecting public.
		Wherever along the rivers there was found a possible steamboat landing, there some enterprising operator, having secured a preemption or established other inchoate title, laid out a town, of which he had a tasteful map drawn and multiplied by lithography.
		Early explorers had spotted an ideal townsite where the Otter Tail River flowing from the east met the Bois de Sioux River from the south to form the Red River.
	www.renne.com /dpaternal/LarsHf1c.html (6642 words)

	pages 87 to 96 - Washington County Iowa, 1880
		The Sauks, Ayauways (Iowas), and the Sioux are mentioned as being the enemies of the Osages, and as making frequent excursions against them: On the 26th of June they arrived at the mouth of the Kansas, 340 miles from the Mississippi, where they remained two days for rest and repairs.
		The explorers were informed by their interpreter (M. Durion) that this river rises within about nine miles of the Des Moines; that within fifteen leagues of that river it passes through a large lake, nearly sixty miles in circumference, and divided into two parts by rocks, which approach each other very closely.
		During a great freshet in the spring of 1857 the Missouri river washed away a portion of the bluff, exposing the remains of the soldier; The citizens of Sioux City and vicinity repaired to the place; and with appropriate ceremonies, reinterred them some distance back from the river on the same bluff.
	www.usgennet.org /usa/topic/historical/LightOn/1880wash_8.htm (6061 words)

	Little Sioux, Harrison County, Iowa
		Little Sioux's best years were those following the Civil War until the first decade of the 20th Century.
		Little Sioux was to small to match job opportunities and other attractions offered by cities, so the town suffered loss of business and people.
		Setchell from Little Sioux was a bandmaster in Barnum's Circus when he and his wife, also a performer in the circus, organized an Uncle Tom's company in Lexington, Illinois if 1890.
	www.accessgenealogy.com /iowa/harrison/littlesioux (1180 words)

	Articles - Missouri River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		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.
		The river's course roughly follows the edge of the glaciation during the last ice age.
	www.centralairconditioners.net /articles/Missouri_River (572 words)

	Part3
		There is a park where the Little Sioux River empties into the Missouri River showing the location of the present Missouri and the location of 200 years ago.
		Where Bad River (named for the incidents Lewis and Clark had there) empties into the Missouri River Lewis and Clark met with about 50 to 60 chiefs and warriors of the powerful Lakota Teton Sioux and had three tense meetings, the first with weapons drawn and pointed on both sides.
		There is an interesting bend in the river called The Narrows where the river comes within 2,000 yards of itself but a boat trip around the bend is 30 miles.
	www.seeya-downtheroad.com /LewisAndClark/Part3/Part3.html (1513 words)

	Cherokee Area Economic Development Corporation
		Archaeologists have established the existence of the Mill Creek Indian culture north of Cherokee in 1200 A.D. In the time of the early French traders, the river was important in the fur trade, and was a route of the Plains Indians to the pipestone quarries of Minnesota.
		Perhaps the most colorful story of this conflict is that of the Sioux Indian Chief Inkpaduta and the chain of events that led to the Spirit Lake Massacre.
		It did not cross the Little Sioux where expected, although speculators had built up quite a town near the bridge built by the early colonists.
	www.cherokeeia.com /history.html (782 words)

	Definition of Lakota - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Seven years later on November 5, 1862 also in Minnesota, 303 Santee Sioux were found guilty of rape and murder of hundreds of white farmers in 1862 and were sentenced to hang.
		As a result on August 17, 1862, the Sioux Uprising began when a few Dakota men attacked a white farmer, igniting further attacks on white settlements along the Minnesota River.
		The name Sioux was created by the French Canadians, who abbreviated the Algonquin compound Nadouéssioux (from nadowe ("Iroquois") plus siu ("snake"/the massasauga rattler), by which a neighboring Ojibwa tribe, or the Ottawa, referred to the Dakota to the west and south.
	www.biocrawler.com /biowiki/Lakota (1169 words)

	Cherokee Area Economic Development Corporation
		Although the people of Washta do not envision great leaps in future growth, they are well aware of the fact that they can hold their own against the challenges that lie ahead.
		The town is part of the River Valley School district, an educational umbrella that encompasses nearby Correctionville, Cushing and Quimby.
		This park and river outlet lies on the north side of the Washta community.
	www.cherokeeia.com /washta.html (468 words)

	Little Sioux River -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Little Sioux River -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		The Little Sioux is a (A large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)) river in the (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776) United States.
		The Little Sioux River is integral to a major Iowan ((engineering) act or technique of trying to control rivers with dams etc to minimize occurrence of floods) flood control and (Protection of soil against erosion or deterioration) soil conservation that was introduced in 1947.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/li/little_sioux_river.htm (112 words)

	Annals of Iowa Oct 1869
		Through the efforts of these gentlemen a tide of emigration was soon turned toward Sioux City, and north-western Iowa, cabins of the sturdy pioneers were soon visible springing up as if by magic over the fertile prairies.
		He stationed his command near the mouth of the Big Sioux River, on the Dakota side, and issued orders to the Sioux not to cross over to the Iowa side, without a permit from him, under the penalty of death, which for sometime checked depredations.
		Sometime in 1855, 1 believe, a settlement was commenced in the east part of the county, on the Little Sioux River, and a town rayed out which was called Smith Land, in honor of its founder, Aaron Smith, who I think was the first settler at this point.
	iagenweb.org /history/annals/oct1869.htm (822 words)

	2004 - Things to do in Siouxland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		This 375-acre park includes a 12-acre lake and has two miles of river front access to the Little Sioux River.
		Purchased as another step in acquiring a greenbelt along the Little Sioux River, the Little Sioux River Greenbelt is 20 acres of timber bordering the river for approximately one half mile.
		The greenbelt is located one mile south of Correctionville on the east side of the Little Sioux River.
	www.siouxcityjournal.com /static/ThingsToDo/2004/106woodbury_county.html (752 words)

	Up the Missouri - May to November 2004
		Rendezvous with Corps at the mouth of the Little Sioux River, on the Starboard Side (Iowa).
		Walk the perimeter, explore a half mile of the Little Sioux, observe several meteors racing across the star-bedecked sky and retire.
		Once again, we hear the account of men and their families whose livelihoods were lost with the changes made to the river and the regulations pertaining to fishing on it.
	ali.apple.com /ali_sites/ali/exhibits/1001381/Week_13.html (2537 words)

	Sioux
		Sioux: The Sioux Today - The Sioux Today In Feb., 1973, about 200 supporters, mostly Sioux, of the American Indian Movement...
		Sioux: Bibliography - Bibliography See R. Ruby, The Oglala Sioux (1955); G. Hyde, A Sioux Chronicle (1956); C. Little Sioux - Little Sioux, river, 221 mi (356 km) long, rising in SW Minn. and flowing generally SW across NW...
		Big Sioux - Big Sioux, river, 420 mi (676 km) long, rising in NE S.Dak. and flowing S into the Missouri River.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/society/A0845378.html (148 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		A study of the alluvial aquifers of the Ocheyedan and Little Sioux River valleys from the Minnesota border south to the Woodbury-Monona County line was conducted to provide information on water availability and water quality.
		A major change in the drainage area and course direction of the Ocheyedan and Little Sioux rivers occurred as a result of disruption by Wisconsin glaciations.
		Older terraces along the Little Sioux are loess-mantled and the fluvial deposits are fine textured.
	www.igsb.uiowa.edu /pubs/abstract/ofr863.htm (795 words)

	Little Sioux River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		From Linn Grove to Smithland, the Little Sioux River twists and turns through approximately 96 and 1/2 miles of timber covered prairie and rolling hills.
		The river is small and narrow in places, sometimes requiring short walks.
		Camping areas are numerous along the Little Sioux River.
	www.canoesportoutfitters.com /littlesioux (185 words)

	Adventure '98 \| Favorite Routes
		The falls can also be accessed by crossing the river downstream near the Loon Lake end of the trail and hiking back to the cascade.
		It will get your heart pumping a little with its up and down sections, but this "lady chain" of lakes is worth every beat.
		We saw three moose along this river - one of them surprised us as we rounded a sharp bend - we didn't need to sneak up on this cow, we were already practically on top of her.
	k12pages.r8esc.k12.in.us /allen/swacs/adven/rts.html (2660 words)

	Good Hope Settlement, Woodbury County, Iowa
		This rider served two settlements on the west side of the Little Sioux River -- the Willow Settlement, on Willow Creek, northwest of what is now Washta and Good Hope Settlement, five and six miles south on the river trail.
		The Correctionville Settlement, a few miles to the south was located on the east side of the Little Sioux River on Bacon Creel near old Highway 20.
		Crossing the river was a problem because the slough was wide north of the river then high hills to the ridge.
	www.geocities.com /woodburycoiowa/goodhopesettlement.html (367 words)

	River Ripple 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Lowhead dams and high limestone bluffs dot the route of the Des Moines River as it flows across Iowa.
		Rowland, a library consultant for the state of Iowa, developed a passion for the 404-mile long river while paddling it from border to border in 1998 through all four seasons.
		Once officially designated a water trail by the counties and participating organizations, the Des Moines River will be one of three such trails in the state.
	showcase.netins.net /web/gazebo/sowers.html (749 words)

	Chapter 13, pgs. 166-176 Woodbury and Plymouth Counties, Iowa 1890-91
		The lively apprehensions excited in the minds of citizens, and those living adjacent to the Floyd and Little Sioux rivers, from the depredations of the Indians, caused people in the vicinity to think of organizing for home protection.
		The command marched out of Sioux City midst flying banners and music, going as far as the Little Sioux where they passed the night, the Indians meantime keeping step to the music, but as usual remaining unobserved by the Guards.
		This state of affairs kept the settlement along the Little and Big Sioux, as well as the entire western Iowa border, in a constant state of anxiety and fear, and the people looked to the guards for immediate protection, should danger present itself.
	www.usgennet.org /usa/topic/historical/woodbury_1/woodbury_14.htm (2708 words)

	MISSOURI VALLEY TIMES - NEWS - News - 09/27/2004 - Harrison County Board of Supervisors
		Behm explained how the Corp of Engineers had prepared a report in early 2004 that expressed concerns regarding the height of the levy of the Little Sioux River in relationship to the city of Little Sioux and the possibility of flooding.
		The Board, Little Sioux mayor, and any other interested party may write letters to FEMA to see if Little Sioux could be taken out of the flood plain since the surrounding area outside the city limits isn't in the flood plain.
		The Board approved a beer permit and cigarette permit for River Mart in River Sioux on a motion by King, second by Smith.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?BRD=326&dept_id=507653&newsid=13013953&PAG=461&rfi=9 (986 words)

	Skunk River Paddlers
		Rivers and Lakes of Iowa map from the IDNR Geological Survey Bureau.
		Boone River, at a ledge between Albrights and Bever Bridge.
		Little Cedar River at Chickasaw Park, on B57 west of Ionia.
	skunkriverpaddlers.org (849 words)

	MS 106 Little Sioux Watershed Records
		The Little Sioux Project was authorized under the 1936 Flood Control Act and subsequent legislation.
		The Little Sioux Watershed is an organization of representatives (district commissioners) of the Soil Conservation Districts whose purpose is to "reduce erosion and runoff at the source."
		Little Sioux Recognition Banquet: (includes speech "The Nile Valley of the Middle West" by R. Fischer; booklet, The Little Sioux River Flood Prevention Project, 1973; program and news release)
	www.lib.iastate.edu:9060 /manuscripts/MS106.html (483 words)

	River Sioux (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The village of River Sioux was founded in 1866-67 with the building of the railroad between Council Bluffs and Sioux city.
		It was located one mile west of Little Sioux and about 3/4 miles from the confluence of the Little Sioux and Missouri Rivers.
		Other pioneer families living in and around River Sioux were those of Richard Kerr, W. Atwell, Hoover Miller, Andrew Armstrong, John B. Conyers, Matthew Conyers and John Conyers, Fowler, S. Dewell, S. Newton, S. Peasley, J. Simmons, Jack Erb, Nels Anderson, Otto and John Brunstedt, and Alonzo Dungeon.
	www.itsjudy.com /harrison/riversioux (723 words)

	Larrabee, Iowa
		Lying between the Little Sioux River Valley and Mill Creek, Larrabee is surrounded by a wide variety of natural amenities.
		The Inkpaduta Trail follows the Little Sioux River and is located just three miles to the east of Larrabee.
		Martin's Access County Park is also located near Larrabee on the Little Sioux River and offers camping, fishing, canoeing and hiking trails.
	www.netins.net /ricweb/community/larrabee/larrabee.htm (553 words)

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