Rock Creek (Medicine Bow River Tributary)

	Rock Creek (Medicine Bow River Tributary) Rock Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 21, 2011 river in the south central part of the U.S. state of Wyoming. It empties into the Medicine Bow River. The drainage basin of Rock Creek starts high on the north side of the Snowy Range. At the northern base of the range, Rock Creek runs through the town of Arlington and continues on through McFadden and Rock River. From there Rock Creek runs primarily northeasterly before turning to the northwest and meeting with the Medicine Bow River just north of the town of Medicine Bow. See also List of Wyoming rivers The following is a list of rivers in Wyoming, United States. East of the continental divide Missouri River watershed Gallatin River * Madison River Firehole River Gibbon River * Yellowstone River Gardner River Lamar River * Sl ... References Rivers of Wyoming Rivers of Carbon County, Wyoming {{Wyoming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
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picture info	Wyoming Wyoming () is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the southwest, and Colorado to the south. With a population of 576,851 in the 2020 United States census, Wyoming is the least populous state despite being the 10th largest by area, with the second-lowest population density after Alaska. The state capital and most populous city is Cheyenne, which had an estimated population of 63,957 in 2018. Wyoming's western half is covered mostly by the ranges and rangelands of the Rocky Mountains, while the eastern half of the state is high-elevation prairie called the High Plains. It is drier and windier than the rest of the country, being split between semi-arid and continental climates with greater temperature extremes. Almost half of the land in Wyoming is owned by the federal government, generally protected for public uses. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Arlington, Wyoming Arlington (also Rockdale) is a census-designated place (CDP) in southeastern Carbon County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 25 at the 2010 census. Geography Arlington lies at the intersection of Interstate 80 and WYO 13, northwest of Laramie and east of the city of Rawlins, the county seat of Carbon County. Its elevation is , and it is located at (41.5946899, -106.2083459). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all land. History In its earliest years, Arlington was a commercial stop along the Overland Trail.Rock Creek Stage Station Historic District Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office, 2009-07-16. Accessed 2009-08-11. Founded circa 1860, it began with the establishment of a bridge and stage stop at the cross ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Snowy Range The Medicine Bow Mountains are a mountain range in the Rocky Mountains that extend from northern Colorado into southern Wyoming. The northern extent of this range is the sub-range the Snowy Range. From the northern end of Colorado's Never Summer Mountains, the Medicine Bow mountains extend north from Cameron Pass along the border between Larimer and Jackson counties in Colorado and northward into south central Wyoming. In Wyoming, the range sits west of Laramie, in Albany and Carbon counties to the route of the Union Pacific Railroad and U.S. Interstate 80. The mountains often serve as a symbol for the city of Laramie. The range is home to Snowy Range Ski Area. The highest peak in the range is Clark Peak (), located in the Rawah Wilderness along the southern end of the range in Northern Colorado. Much of the range is located within the Medicine Bow National Forest in Wyoming. The highest peak on the Wyoming side is Medicine Bow Peak (). The range is drained along the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Carbon County, Wyoming Carbon County is a county in the U.S. state of Wyoming. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 14,537. Its county seat is Rawlins. Its south border abuts the north line of Colorado. History Carbon County was organized in 1868, one of the five original counties in Dakota Territory. Originally about near the center of Wyoming, Carbon County was once part of the Spanish Empire, then part of the Republic of Texas (1835-1845) and part of the State of Texas until 1852 when the northernmost part of that state's claims were ceded to the US government. This area is defined by the 42nd parallel on the north, and straight lines south from there to the headwaters of the Arkansas river on the east and the headwaters of the Rio Grande on the west. The documents defining that area include the Adams-Onís Treaty of 1819, the 1824 Constitution of Mexico, and the 184"Joint Resolution for the Admission of the State of Texas into the Union" Carbon County was organized Decem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Medicine Bow River The Medicine Bow River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 21, 2011 tributary of the North Platte River, in southern Wyoming in the United States. Description It rises in the Snowy Range, flowing out of the North Gap Lake, in southeastern Carbon County. It flows north, past Elk Mountain, then northeast, then northwest past the town of Medicine Bow and between the Shirley Mountains to the north and the Medicine Bow Mountains to the south. Near the town of Medicine Bow the Medicine Bow River is joined by its two largest tributaries, Rock Creek and the Little Medicine Bow River. It joins the North Platte in the Seminoe Reservoir, with the lower of the river forming an arm of the reservoir. Discharge statistics See also * List of Wyoming rivers The following is a list of rivers in Wyoming, United States. East of the continental divide Missouri River watershed * Gallatin River * Madison ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Medicine Bow, Wyoming Medicine Bow is a town in Carbon County, Wyoming, United States. Its population was 284 at the 2010 census. History The community largely owes its existence to the first transcontinental railroad, built through the area in 1868. A post office called Medicine Bow has been in operation since 1869. The community was named after the Medicine Bow River. Dippy, a well-known dinosaur skeleton, was found in a quarry nearby around 1898. In 1899, fossil hunters for the American Museum of Natural History and the Field Museum stayed in or near the town during their search for large dinosaur skeletons.Brinkman, P. D. (2010). The second Jurassic dinosaur rush. In ''The Second Jurassic Dinosaur Rush''. University of Chicago Press. The town had a railroad and was near the fossilferous sedimentary hills from the Jurassic Morrison Formation, making it an important stopping location for paleontologists, with fossils of ''Diplodocus'' and ''Brontosaurus'' found nearby at Como Bluff by the two in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	List Of Wyoming Rivers The following is a list of rivers in Wyoming, United States. East of the continental divide Missouri River watershed * Gallatin River * Madison River Firehole River Gibbon River * Yellowstone River Gardner River Lamar River * Slough Creek Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River Wind River/Bighorn River * Little Bighorn River * Little Wind River North Fork Popo Agie River Middle Fork Popo Agie River Little Popo Agie River * Roaring Fork Creek Shoshone River Greybull River Shoshone River Gooseberry Creek (Wind River/Bighorn River) * Owl Creek * Muddy Creek Nowood River *Tensleep Creek Paint Rock Creek Tongue River * Big Goose Creek (near Sheridan) Little Goose Creek (near Sheridan) * Little Tongue River (Dayton) Powder River * Clear Creek **** Rock Creek * Little Missouri River * Cheyenne River ** Belle Fourche River * Niobrara River * North Platte River Encampment River Medicine Bow Rive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Rivers Of Wyoming The following is a list of rivers in Wyoming, United States. East of the continental divide Missouri River watershed * Gallatin River * Madison River Firehole River Gibbon River * Yellowstone River Gardner River Lamar River * Slough Creek Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River Wind River/Bighorn River * Little Bighorn River * Little Wind River North Fork Popo Agie River Middle Fork Popo Agie River Little Popo Agie River * Roaring Fork Creek Shoshone River Greybull River Shoshone River Gooseberry Creek (Wind River/Bighorn River) * Owl Creek * Muddy Creek Nowood River * Tensleep Creek Paint Rock Creek Tongue River * Big Goose Creek (near Sheridan) Little Goose Creek (near Sheridan) * Little Tongue River (Dayton) Powder River * Clear Creek **** Rock Creek * Little Missouri River * Cheyenne River ** Belle Fourche River * Niobrara River * North Platte River Encampment River Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]