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  Red River (Asia) - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Red River (Asia), river in southeastern Asia, principal river of northern Vietnam.
The river rises in the mountains of Yunnan Province in southern...
Red River (United States), river, southern U.S., formed in southwestern Oklahoma by the junction of the North Fork and the Prairie Dog Town Fork...
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  Red River (Mississippi watershed) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Red River is one of several rivers with that name, and of two rivers with that name in the United States.
It rises in two branches (forks) in the Texas Panhandle and flows east along the border of Texas and Oklahoma, and briefly between Texas and Arkansas.
Due to a cartographic error, the land between the north and south forks was claimed by both the state of Texas and the federal government.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Red_River_(Mississippi_watershed)   (475 words)

  
 Chronicles of Oklahoma
It is bounded on the north by the North Fork of the Red River and on the south by the Prairie Dog Town Fork,
Texas contended that the North Fork of the Red River is the Red River of Natchitoches mentioned in the treaty of 1819.
To sustain their positions Texas denies that the south fork is the longest branch of the river; claim that there is running water in the south fork only a portion of the year while the north fork has running water the year around.
digital.library.okstate.edu /chronicles/v012/v012p145.html   (5777 words)

  
 red-dog - Search Results - MSN Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Dhole, also called red dog, wild member of the dog family, native to central and southern Asia.
Dog Family, group of intelligent, carnivorous mammals that includes domestic dogs and their relatives, coyotes, wolves, foxes, jackals, dholes,...
Red Fox, wild member of the dog family found throughout much of the Northern Hemisphere.
ca.encarta.msn.com /red-dog.html   (124 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online:
The Red River is in the Mississippi drainage basin and is one of two Red Rivers in the nation.
In the 1700s the river was generally regarded as the dividing line between France and Spain, and a royal cedula in 1805 proclaimed the river the northern and eastern boundary of the Spanish province of Texas.
Many settlers along the river raised cotton in the rich flland of Northeast Texas, despite its tendency to overflow, and the Red River County area was sufficiently settled to send delegates to the Convention of 1836.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/RR/rnr1.html   (2088 words)

  
 FindLaw for Legal Professionals - Case Law, Federal and State Resources, Forms, and Code
The river marked on that map as 'Red River,' east of the 100th meridian, has its source in the region of Santa F e, and corresponds with the Red river, or the Rio Colorado, of Natchitoches, as delinated on Pike's map.
On this map appears Red river, with its source not far from Santa F e, and running southeastwardly to a short distance west of the 100th meridian, from which point it extends eastwardly all along the southern line of Indian Territory; thence southeastwardly to the Missisippi.
The Prairie Dog Town branch and the North Fork of Red river, from their confluence to their sources, are of about equal length,-the former being 180 miles and the latter 170 miles in length.
caselaw.lp.findlaw.com /scripts/getcase.pl?navby=CASE&court=US&vol=162&page=1   (9514 words)

  
 The Llano Estacado
It is bounded on the west by the Pecos valley, and on the east by the red Permian plains of Texas.
There is no evident escarpment, but the change in the scenery from the red hills to the sandy plain is striking as a long gangplank between two headwater streams of the Red River is ascended.
Some major rivers, such as the Pecos and Canadian, incised their courses deeply as the region was elevated, while others, such as the Red, Brazos, and Colorado, arose on the dip slope.
www.du.edu /~jcalvert/geol/llano.htm   (1742 words)

  
 North Dakota - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
As the Missouri river marks approximately the lower edge of the ice-sheet, the region W. of this stream is almost free from glacial deposits and presents a strong contrast to the rest of the state.
As the Red river valley is the bed of the extinct Lake Agassiz, its soil is composed of the fine detritus and silty deposits carried into the lake by its tributaries.
The Red river is navigable as far S. as Belmont, and the Missouri river is navigable throughout its course within the state, although it requires a skilful pilot.
www.1911ency.org /N/NO/NORTH_DAKOTA.htm   (6843 words)

  
 The Red River Expedition of 1852   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Maps reflecting the new discoveries now showed that from slow and meandering rivulets in the Texas Panhandle, the Red River was born and runs east and south for 1,222 miles before it empties into the even mightier Mississippi.
In his exposition of his diaries before the Congress, Marcy argued that the sources of the Red River were not a single line on the map but a ganglia of gnarled rope.
He enjoyed talking of a pretty "Prairie Belle" who was as tough as a rustler but as jealous of her virtue as a nun.
www.pan-tex.net /usr/p/pampa-hist/redriver.htm   (1105 words)

  
 Red River War-Battles
Though most of the battles of the Red River War were brief skirmishes that involved a small number of combatants and resulted in few casualties, a number of larger and more significant battles also occurred.
The military records describe the daylong Battle of Red River as a running battle across the rugged canyonlands north and south of the river.
On September 9, the train was returning to the Red River with supplies when it was attacked by a group of Kiowa and Comanche warriors at the divide between the Canadian and Washita rivers.
www.texasbeyondhistory.net /redriver/battles.html   (1852 words)

  
 The Red River
The Red River of Texas heads in four main branches: the Prairie Dog Town Fork, Elm Creek or the Elm Fork, the North Fork, and the Salt Fork.
The Republic of Texas recognized the Red River as a boundary when, in an act of December 19, 1836, Congress made the eastern boundary coterminous with the western boundary of the United States, as fixed by the treaty of 1819.
In 1853 Colbert's Ferry was opened across the river in northern Grayson County for the route that was subsequently used by the Butterfield Overland Mail, the partial direction of which had been determined by Randolph B. Marcy in his exploration of the Red River in 1852.
www.rootsweb.com /~txlipsco/redriver.html   (2062 words)

  
 DOHATE PRESS
In September of 1863, Kiowa warriors cross the North Fork of the Red River, bound for the Texas frontier.
The argument is over which fork is the main channel of the Red River, marking the boundary between Texas and Indian Territory.
A muscular, middle-aged chief named Red Eagle, holding a pipe in his right hand to indicate he is the leader of the group, rides at the head of the column.
www.home.earthlink.net /~dohatepress   (1283 words)

  
 Rivers, Trails & Conservation Program   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Although the river is shallow during dry months, there is sufficient water for canoeing and periods of heavy rainfall create excellent recreation opportunities.
The river flows through the Big Thicket National Preserve which is characterized as a transitional zone between the arid southwest and the tropical coastal marsh, and the central prairie and eastern woodlands.
River maintains larger flow of water due to heavy rainfall and numerous tributaries and springs, with long isolated stretches.
www.nps.gov /ncrc/programs/rtca/nri/states/tx.html   (2440 words)

  
 Isearch Results82-1431.82-1421.82-1401.82-526.1.82-1422.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
SECTION 2.03 Any Signatory State using the channel of Red River or its tributaries to convey stored water shall be subject to an appropriate reduction in the amount which may be withdrawn at the point of removal to account for transmission losses.
Reach II of the Red River is divided into topographic subbasins, and the water therein is allocated as follows: SECTION 5.01 Subbasin 1 - Intrastate streams - Oklahoma.
Reach III of the Red River is divided into topographic subbasins, and the water therein allocated, as follows: SECTION 6.01 Subbasin 1 - Interstate streams - Arkansas and Texas.
ssl.csg.org /compactlaws/redriver.html   (3045 words)

  
 PURE PALO DURO and the blonde lesbians
Red and his friends are busy building a new trail.
Red allows me to be the first to climb the Little Tit on my bike.
On to Sunflower Trail that skirts the Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River.
www.mtbr.com /files/data/1026.html   (1068 words)

  
 The Red River
The river takes its name from the color of the current, so pronounced that every early explorer, regardless of his language, called it "Red"; Rio Rojo or Rio Roxo in Spanish, Riviere Rouge in French, or Red River in English.
Even though the river was dangerous and sometimes a real menace to the early traveler because of its variable current and quicksand bottom, several important gateways developed along its length.
Even though the river is the state boundary, the river itself is considered to belong wholly to Oklahoma.
www.finefishing.com /1freshfish/aawhereto/southwesthawaii/kirkexcerpt.htm   (661 words)

  
 Experience Texas – Red River Motocross Trails and Lake Texoma.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Explore Lake Texoma, an 89,000 acre lake on the Red River that’s widely recognized as a top fishing lake, and is one of the most popular recreation destinations in the Southwest.
The Red River is the most versatile river in Texas, changing its face to match its environment.
Red River consists of approximately 2,500 acres of rocky trails, sandy creek bottoms, wooded trails, hills and flat areas for motorcycle riding, four wheeling and camping.
www.shermandaysinn.com /texas-trail-red-river.html   (987 words)

  
 sayre
Just off I-40 sits the town of Sayre, which boasts a downtown filled with pretty buildings, a magnificent courthouse, and wildlife wonders smack in the middle of human comings and goings.
See the prairie dog town that's right in town or the heron rookery just on the other side of the Interstate.
An old-line farming and ranching community, Sayre still holds onto its culture and heritage even as larger communities fling all to the wind in the mad rush to be modern.
www.oklahomawildlifetrails.com /sayre/sayre.htm   (155 words)

  
 Rivers of Texas Category - DeepSouthTexas.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Rivers doesnt expect him to play during the teams three-game road trip.
This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Texas.
For a manually maintained list, complete with yet-to-be-written articles, see List of Texas rivers.
www.deepsouthtexas.com /encyclopedia/Category:Rivers_of_Texas   (167 words)

  
 TXGenWeb Greer County, Texas
North Red River to its intersection with the twenty-third degree of west longitude (the 100th meridian);
the Red River and 100th meridian as boundary lines was part of the treaty; but the map
Texas claimed the north fork and meridian shown on map defined territory, and legislation
www.rootsweb.com /~txgreer   (474 words)

  
 Greer County, Texas Post Office Information Page
The United States took the position that the true 100th meridian was meant, and that the South Fork was the main Red River, and therefore that the boundary was along the South Fork of the Red River to the true 100th meridian and thence northward.
Texas held that the 100th meridian of the Melish map was the boundary intended by the framers of the treaty and that the North Fork was the main Red River and therefore the boundary.
Since the Melish 100th meridian was east of the junction of the North and South forks of the Red River, Greer County would be in Texas if that meridian were accepted as the boundary, for the disputed territory lay south and west of that stream.
tx4.us /cy/greer.htm   (1131 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online: PRAIRIE DOG TOWN FORK OF THE RED RIVER
The Prairie Dog Town Fork, the main tributary of the Red River, rises at the junction of Palo Duro and Tierra Blanca creeks in central Randall County, northeast of Canyon (at 35°00' N, 101°56' W).
When the Prairie Dog Town Fork crosses the 100th meridian at the eastern line of Childress County, its south bank becomes the state boundary between Texas and Oklahoma and the northern county line of Hardeman and Wilbarger counties.
Lake Tanglewood was formed in the early 1960s by a dam on the Prairie Dog Town Fork in northeastern Randall County.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/print/PP/rnp4.html   (304 words)

  
 Jennings Kansas
The Valleys of Prairie Dog Creek and the north fork of the Solomon River drew settlers in the area that became South Decatur County.
Munson homesteaded the land on which the town of Jennings was settled.
In 1971, the festival was discontinued because it had outgrown the towns facilities, work force and law enforcement.
www.oberlinkansas.org /towns/jennings.html   (681 words)

  
 Texas Monthly October 2000: Close Calls: Jan Reid's Texas
Springs and red clay gullies make intermittent creeks and flood ravines that become a running stream, the Prairie Dog Town Fork; the Red River's two-thousand-mile trek toward the Mississippi is born.
The creeks have converged, and the Prairie Dog Town Fork is actually the headwaters of the Red River.
Before us the red clay turned into a stratum of dusty white caliche, roughly three hundred yards across, that looked very loose in composition and angled up the cliff at a grade of about forty-five degrees.
www.texasmonthly.com /mag/issues/2000-10-01/hotbookexcerpt.php   (8127 words)

  
 Townsend's Across the Rockies to the Columbia
From there, they proceeded west over what was to become the Oregon Trail, to the trapper's Rendezvous on Ham's Fork of the Green River.
A substitute for game, and a luxurious breakfast - Expectations of a repast, and a disappointment - Visit of a Snake chief - his abhorrence of horse meat - A band of Snake Indians - their chief - Trade with Indians for salmon - Mr.
Passage of the Blue Mountains - Sufferings from thirst - Utalla river - A transformation - A novel meal - Walla-walla river - Columbia river and Fort Walla-walla - A dinner with the missionaries - Anecdote of Mr.
www.xmission.com /~drudy/mtman/html/townsend.html   (519 words)

  
 New Page 1
Less than one million years ago, the Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River began eroding the landscape of the Texas Panhandle and Palo Duro Canyon was formed by the erosion.
The next oldest layer, the Quartermaster Formation is the most prominent layer or rock and consist of distinctive red claystone/sandstone and white gypsum.
The red color of this layer is caused by the iron oxide.
www.scsc.k12.ar.us /2004outwest/Projects/MosleyR/default.htm   (644 words)

  
 OMTA - Red River War
Leading a column in the Red River War, he played a large part in the final conquest of the southern Plains tribes.
His greatest attribute was his ability to choose loyal subordinates and his determination to remain in the field during the bitter winter of 1874-75, keeping the starving and horseless Indians constantly on the move.
The maltreatment was due to dogs that run and frightened the cows to such an extent as to injure the milk and perhaps render her unserviceable for a milk cow for a considerable time.
www.mobeetie.com /pages/rrwar.htm   (3446 words)

  
 For our Angel B
Where water guished through a notch in the massive red canyon wall, Marcy thought (incorrectly) that he had finally found the headwaters of the mighty Red.
At the 100th meridian (between the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandle and the Oklahoma state line), the Prairie Dog Town Fork officially becomes the Red River.
The Gaudalupe River evokes powerful emotions as it winds though limestone canyons and courses among towering cypress trees on its 250-mile journey to the Golf of Mexico.
members.tripod.com /~COWBOY_A1/Cowboy_A1-2.html   (586 words)

  
 Memoirs of Edward Flanagan
It was here that I went with father and a lot of other folks on my first coon hunt, I saw the dogs tree a coon, and then saw the big tree being chopped down while the men held the dogs to keep them from being killed when the tree fell.
As long as the dog would bark they would not fly and many were the turkeys Old John helped us get.  You must remember we were but boys of nine and ten years respectively, and had but one gun between us.
One spring when the river was rising, we set out a lot of big hooks and lines and on going down the next morning found that we had hooked a monster catfish.
krafftfamily.org /docs/EdwardFlanagan.htm   (11180 words)

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