Little Colorado

noun

a river flowing NW from E Arizona to the E edge of the Grand Canyon, where it flows into the Colorado River. 315 miles (507 km) long.

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Garces found his way down to the Little Colorado by means of a side canyon and got out again on the other side in the same way.
The Romance of the Colorado River | Frederick S. Dellenbaugh
I here found plenty of water in the Little Colorado River to irrigate all the cultivated lands and to run to the grist mill.
Wilford Woodruff | Matthias F. Cowley
The 25th found him at Woodruff, a small town on the Little Colorado, that had been named in his honor.
Wilford Woodruff | Matthias F. Cowley
Glazed pottery was found by the writer in 1896 in ruins on the Little Colorado.
Antiquities of the Mesa Verde National Park: Cliff Palace | Jesse Walter Fewkes
At the point where the army struck the Little Colorado River, the stream was quite wide and of sufficient depth for navigation.
Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete | Ulysses S. Grant

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