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Salt River

American  

noun

  1. a river flowing W from E Arizona to the Gila River near Phoenix: Roosevelt Dam. 200 miles (322 km) long.


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Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego, who formerly worked in economic development at the Salt River Project, a federal utility in the Phoenix area, said she sees parallels to an earlier boom.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 4, 2026

Last Friday, Emerson Hancock stood in the visitors’ clubhouse at Salt River Fields, his workday done.

From Seattle Times Mar. 27, 2024

Humans have never managed to survive in Arizona’s scorching Salt River Valley without technological innovation.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2023

Before entering politics, he was a long-time attorney for the Salt River Project, a water and electric utility serving parts of metro Phoenix.

From Salon Jul. 2, 2023

René had boasted upon the rivers that he would marry her,—boastings that reached the ears of the girl in her father's little cabin on Salt River and caused her to smile.

From Connie Morgan in the Fur Country by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)

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