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Republican River

The Republican River rises on the high plains of eastern Colorado in the United States. The Great Plains are the broad expanse of Prairie and Steppe which lie east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States and Canada The State of Colorado ( or chiefly by nonresidents) is a state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States of America. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The two main tributaries, called the North and South forks, join at Benkelman, Nebraska. Benkelman is a city in Dundy County, Nebraska, United States. From there, the river flows generally eastward along the southern border of Nebraska before curving southward into Kansas. Nebraska ( is a state located on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States and Kansas ( is a Midwestern state in the central region of the United States of America, an area often referred to as the American " The Republican River joins the Smoky Hill River at Junction City, Kansas to form the Kansas River. The Smoky Hill River is a River in the US states of Colorado and Kansas. Junction City is a city in Geary County, Kansas, United States. The Kansas River (also known as the Kaw) is a River in northeastern Kansas in the United States.

Some cities along the river are McCook, Nebraska, Concordia, Kansas and Junction City, Kansas. McCook is a city in Red Willow County, Nebraska, United States. Concordia is a city in Cloud County, Kansas, United States. The population was 5714 at the 2000 census, and it was estimated to be:{{LookupUSEstPop|2015200|EST}} Junction City is a city in Geary County, Kansas, United States. Near Concordia is the Republican River Pegram Truss, a bridge that goes over the Republican River that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Republican River Pegram Truss is a Bridge located near Concordia Kansas that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP is the United States government's official list of districts sites buildings structures and objects deemed worthy of

The river was named after a branch of Pawnee Indians known as "the Republicans" (Stewart 1967:223). The Pawnee (also Paneassa, Pari, Pariki) are a Native American tribe that historically lived along the Platte, Loup and

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Stewart, George R. (1967) Names on the Land. George Rippey Stewart ( May 31, 1895 – August 22, 1980) was an American Toponymist, a novelist and a professor of English Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.

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