Name: Madison River

 

County: Park

 

Authority Name: Madison River (Mont. and Wyo.)

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude: 1110001W

Latitude: 443910N 

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 4042/1232

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Stream

 

Origin of Name:

River, Yellowstone National Park, Wyo., formed by junction of Gibbon and Firehole Rivers, ... . Named by Lewis and Clark, 1805, for fourth President of the United States.

Source: Decisions, 1890-1932

 

Named by Lewis and Clark, 1805, for noted statesman, afterward fourth president, 1809-1813.  

Source: WPA

 

Other Names: 

Firehole River, Madison Fork, River-in-which-the-Shield-Floated-Off, Tobacco Root River

 

Alternative Spellings:

 

History:

 

Stories:

 

Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: West Yellowstone

 

Newspapers:

 

More Information:

Three Forks of the Missouri

 

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