Name: Belle Fourche River

 

County: Crook

 

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Longitude:  1040949W

Latitude: 444732N

 

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Elevation: 3099 feet

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Stream

 

Origin of Name:

River, Wyoming and South Dakota

Source: Decisions, 1890-1932

 

Largest tributary of the Cheyenne to head in Wyoming is the Belle fourche (French, beautiful fork), apparently named by early voyageurs.

Source: Linford 

 

Other Names: North Fork of Cheyenne

 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Kruger Lake

 

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