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The Cheyenne River (Lakota: Wakpá Wašté; "Good River" [2]), also written Chyone, [3] referring to the Cheyenne people who once lived there, [4] is a tributary of the Missouri River in the U.S. states of Wyoming and South Dakota.
Cheyenne was chosen over Denver due to the mountain peaks exceeding 14,000 feet immediately west of Denver. The initial carrier operating on the transcontinental route was Boeing Air Transport. By the early 1930s, Boeing had merged with three other carriers to form United Airlines. Cheyenne's airport saw its first paying passengers in the 1920s.
The Sheyenne River was named after the Cheyenne Indians of the area. [3] Alternate names include: Cayenne River, Cheyenne River, and Maitomoni'ohe. [4] The Sheyenne River was formed by the meltwater of the Wisconsinan glacier about 13,000 years ago. The valley constitutes the glacier’s western edge at that time.
The state is divided into five regions, taking into consideration geography and climate: Altos de Guanajuato, La Sierra Central, Bajío, La Sierra Gorda, and Los Valles del Sur. [13] The Altos de Guanajuato, in the north, are a chain of forested mountains interspersed with pastures, small fields and areas with cacti and other desert plants ...
The Cheyenne (/ ʃ aɪ ˈ æ n / ⓘ shy-AN) are an Indigenous people of the Great Plains.The Cheyenne comprise two Native American tribes, the Só'taeo'o or Só'taétaneo'o (more commonly spelled as Suhtai or Sutaio) and the Tsétsėhéstȧhese (also spelled Tsitsistas, [t͡sɪt͡shɪstʰɑs] [3]); the tribes merged in the early 19th century.
Subsequent treaties in the 1870s and 1880s broke this reservation up into several smaller reservations. The Cheyenne River Indian Reservation was created in 1889. [4] Chief Sitting Bull lived north of the Cheyenne River Reservation on the Grand River, which is the Standing Rock Reservation. In 1890, the United States became very concerned about ...
San Felipe was founded by Francisco de Velasco on January 21, 1562, by orders of viceroy Luís de Velasco. The city was founded with the name of San Felipe in honor of King Philip II of Spain. In 1889 the name of the city was changed to "Ciudad González" in honor of the then governor of Guanajuato, Manuel González.
Angostura Reservoir is a reservoir on the Cheyenne River in Fall River County, South Dakota, United States. It was created after the construction of Angostura Dam in 1949 for irrigation by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. [2] "Angostura" means "narrows" in Spanish. [2]