Tongue River

American  

1. a river in N Wyoming and SE Montana, flowing NE from the Bighorn Mountains to the Yellowstone River. 265 miles (426 km) long.

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Example Sentences

In southeastern Montana the Tongue River Boarding School operated under various names until at least 1970, when the Northern Cheyenne Tribe contracted it as a tribal school, according to government records.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 4, 2023

The idea for the play came out of a discussion between McArthur and Tongue River Middle School assistant principal Pete Kilbride, regarding what kind of play the program planned for this year.

From Washington Times • Feb. 15, 2017

Swanson also said the report recognizes Montana’s right to fill the Tongue River Reservoir to its irrigators’ needs for water in the springtime before Wyoming can fill reservoir capacity built after 1950.

From Washington Times • Dec. 30, 2014

“But it won’t be huge because most of our water users on the Tongue River have pre-1950 rights.”

From Washington Times • Dec. 30, 2014

Every year she’d put up several at the Tongue River Museum, themed, of course, and we always had one at home, too.

From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth