Republican River

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noun

a river flowing E from E Colorado through Nebraska and Kansas into the Kansas River. 422 miles (680 km) long.

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The tribe at this time was camped on the head of the Republican River.
Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales|George Bird Grinnell
There are some two hundred of them hiding somewhere out in the Solomon or the Republican River country.
The Price of the Prairie|Margaret Hill McCarter
We headed our horses toward the southwest, following the trail that hugged the Republican River.
The Price of the Prairie|Margaret Hill McCarter
We pressed westward to where the smaller streams combine to form the Republican River.
The Price of the Prairie|Margaret Hill McCarter

In the study on the Republican River, 77 per cent of the parties interviewed came less than 25 miles to fish.
Fishes of the Big Blue River Basin, Kansas|W. L. Minckley