Solomon River

Solomon River

The Solomon River is a river in Kansas. The Solomon River begins its run near Hill City in Graham County. Between 1863 and 1864, European pioneers settled the area around this portion of the waterbody. Fort Solomon was located on the east side of the Solomon river. Cawker City, on the Solomon River, has the World's Largest Ball of Twine. One of the first Trans-Mississippian Black settlement, Nicodemus, is near the Solomon River (which is preserved as the Nicodemus National Historic Site).

Cultural allusions

*The Solomon River is mentioned in Willa Cather's 1901 short story "". The description says, 'it is one of the most futile little streams under the sun, and never gets anywhere. Its sluggish current splits among the sand bars and buries itself in the mud until it literally dries up from weariness and ennui, without ever reaching anything.' [http://libtextcenter.unl.edu/examples/servlet/transform/tamino/Library/cather?&_xmlsrc=http://libtextcenter.unl.edu/cather/writings/cat.ss043/cat.ss043.xml&_xslsrc=http://libtextcenter.unl.edu/cather/xslt/cather_ss.xsl] .

ee also

* Solomon Valley
* Kirwin reservoir
* Glen Elder Reservoir
* Webster reservoir

References and external articles

* [http://skyways.lib.ks.us/orgs/svha/about_valley.htm About the Solomon Valley] , skyways.lib.ks.us.
* Donald O. Whittemore, "Determination of Waconda Lake Releases Needed for Diluting Saline Water in the Solomon River at Beloit for Municipal Water Supply". A Report Prepared for the Kansas Department of Agriculture, Division of Water Resources and Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Kansas Geological Survey. Open-File Report 2003-49.
* Mandrak, Nicholas E., "Changes in fish assemblages, Solomon River basin, Kansas: habitat alterations, extirpations, and introductions". Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, October 1, 2002
*Martha B. Caldwell, "Exploring the Solomon River Valley in 1869".
*Theo. H. Scheffer, "Old Fort Solomon at Lindsey".

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