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Encyclopedia > Solomon River (Kansas)
Map of Ottawa County from KDOT ( map legend)

The Solomon River is a river in Kansas. Solomon river begins it's 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 Solomon River (which is perserved as the Nicodemus National Historic Site). Image File history File links Download high resolution version (397x897, 218 KB) Summary Description: This legend is copied at a resolution of 100 pixels/inch from the original PDF file. ... This bridge across the Danube River links Hungary with Slovakia. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Nicodemus National Historic Site preserves, protects and interprets the only remaining western town established by African Americans during the Reconstruction Period following the Civil War. ...


See also

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

References and external articles

  • 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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