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The Verdigris is formed near Madison, Kansas, by the convergence of two short headwaters streams, its North and South forks, and flows generally southward throughout its course. South of Coffeyville, Kansas, the river enters Oklahoma. It joins the Arkansas River near Muskogee, Oklahoma, about a mile upstream of the mouth of the Neosho River ...
Verdigris is named after the nearby Verdigris River, so named by French traders who settled in the area around the late 1700s. Several Native American tribes, including the Osage, Delaware and Cherokee, had populations along the Verdigris River. The rural community known as Verdigris has been in existence since before Oklahoma statehood in 1907.
Coffeyville is a city in southeastern Montgomery County, Kansas, United States, [1] located along the Verdigris River in the state's southeastern region. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 8,826. [4] [5] Coffeyville is the most populous city of Montgomery County, and the home to Coffeyville Community College.
A map of the McClellan–Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System. The McClellan–Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System (MKARNS) is part of the United States inland waterway system originating at the Tulsa Port of Catoosa and running southeast through Oklahoma and Arkansas to the Mississippi River. The total length of the system is 445 miles (716 ...
Chouteau Lock & Dam, also identified as Chouteau Lock & Dam 17, is 17th lock and dam of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System (MKARNS) from the Mississippi River to its terminus at the Tulsa Port of Catoosa, and is the first lock and dam on the Verdigris River in Oklahoma, just above the Three Forks junction with the Arkansas River.
The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture states that archaeological evidence indicates that humans first lived in this area in the Verdigris River valley over six thousand years ago. [3] In the 17th century, white trappers first visiting the area found it occupied mostly by the Osage and Quapaw tribes.
Arkansas River. Neosho River. Spring River. Shoal Creek; Cottonwood River; Verdigris River. Caney River; Elk River; Fall River; Cimarron River. North Fork Cimarron River
Name Image Built Listed Location County Type Amelia Park Bridge: 1914 2004-01-21 Antelope: Marion: Concrete Bridge Asylum Bridge: 1905 1990-01-04 Osawatomie