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Little Missouri

American  

noun

  1. a river in the NW United States, rising in NE Wyoming and flowing NE into the Missouri through N Dakota. 560 miles (900 km) long.


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In 2010, there were 20 deaths after the Little Missouri River flooded and inundated most of Arkansas’ Albert Pike Recreation Area, the weather service said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2025

This Little Missouri river community has happily eschewed fast-food franchises and strip-malls: there are Old West saloons that stay open until 2am for whiskey drinkers, wooded-plank sidewalks, and mini-golf for kids.

From The Guardian May 25, 2018

A containment band has been set up in the Ash Coulee Creek, where the rest of the oil migrated, to keep it from entering the Little Missouri River.

From Reuters Dec. 15, 2016

Our day took a wilder turn at Cottonwood Campground — named for the tall trees that line the nearby Little Missouri River — during an evening park program called “Biological Bad Boys.”

From Washington Post Oct. 1, 2015

In a bend of the Little Missouri, where it broadened out and took on the appearance of a consequential stream, Glendora lay, a lonely little village with a gray hill behind it.

From The Duke Of Chimney Butte by Ivory, P. V. E. (Percy Van Eman)

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