Name: Tongue River

 

County: Sheridan

 

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

 

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Longitude:  1072720W

Latitude: 444906N

 

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Elevation: 2356/718(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Stream

 

Origin of Name:

River, in Wyoming and Montana, formed by junction of its North and South forks ... flowing thence northeast enters Montana ... and empties into the Yellowstone River at Miles City.

Source: Decisions, 1890-1932 

 

Named by the Cheyenne Indians, “I-tan-i-ho” meaning tongue.  

Source: WPA

 

Other Names: I-tan-i-ho

 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Skull Ridge

 

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