Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge

Name: Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge 

 

County: Sweetwater

 

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GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1094803W

Latitude: 414900N

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 6247/1904

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Park

 

Origin of Name:

Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge borders the Green River in Southwestern Wyoming. The Green River was once known as the Seeds-ke-dee-agie or Prairie Hen River, "a name it received from the Crows, to whom its upper waters belong, and on which this bird is still very abundant."

Source: Coutant 

 

Other Names: 

 

Alternative Spellings: Seedshadee National Wildlife Refuge

 

History:

 

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Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Lombard Buttes 

 

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More Information: 

Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge

http://www.fws.gov/seedskadee/index.html

 

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