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See also COLORADO RIVER . acres . lands , the higher parts well forested . ... COLORADO RIVER , or COLORADO OF THE WEST , one of the great rivers of America . ... More than 50 rivers comprise the Colorado's complex river system .
See also COLORADO RIVER . acres . lands , the higher parts well forested . ... COLORADO RIVER , or COLORADO OF THE WEST , one of the great rivers of America . ... More than 50 rivers comprise the Colorado's complex river system .
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Over 200 years later the Franciscan missionary Francisco Tomás Hermenegildo Garcés gave the river its present name of Colorado , meaning " red " or " discolored . " In 1826 , Lieut . Ĺ . W. H. Hardy of the Royal Navy explored the mouth ...
Over 200 years later the Franciscan missionary Francisco Tomás Hermenegildo Garcés gave the river its present name of Colorado , meaning " red " or " discolored . " In 1826 , Lieut . Ĺ . W. H. Hardy of the Royal Navy explored the mouth ...
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The Connecticut River was discovered in 1614 , by Adriaen Block , a Dutch navigator , who sailed up the river as far as the rapids above Hartford . It was then known to the Indians as Quinnehtukqut or “ Beside the Long Tidal River .
The Connecticut River was discovered in 1614 , by Adriaen Block , a Dutch navigator , who sailed up the river as far as the rapids above Hartford . It was then known to the Indians as Quinnehtukqut or “ Beside the Long Tidal River .
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| Title | The Encyclopedia Americana: The International Reference Work, Volume 7 The Encyclopedia Americana: The International Reference Work |
| Publisher | Americana Corporation, 1960 |
| Original from | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
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