Name: Lamar River

 

County: Park

 

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Longitude:  1102407W

Latitude: 445545N

 

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Elevation: 5968/1819

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Feature Type: Stream

 

Origin of Name:

River in Yellowstone Park, Wyoming, named for L. Q. C. Lamar, Secretary of the Interior.

Source: Gannett, 1905

 

Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar was Secretary of the Interior in the Cabinet of President Grover Cleveland 1885-1888.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 

 

Other Names: East Fork of the Yellowstone River

 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Tower Junction

 

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