South Platte

The South Platte was the most miserable river in the west, a trickle in summer when its water was needed, a raging torrent in spring.

Centennial Michener, James 1974

The South Platte was a muddy stream, and with its low banks, scattered flat sand-bars, and pigmy islands, a melancholy river, straggling through the centre of vast prairies, and only saved from being impossible to find with the naked eye by its sentinel trees standing at long distances from each other, on either side.

The Great Salt Lake Trail Henry Inman 1868

I agree with Pat, that if you can learn to catch fish on the South Platte, which is technically demanding, you can probably catch fish most other places.

The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.com Stories Fran Miller 2009

A line of red plastic-capped spinning stools looks out the window at the gravel parking lot and the South Platte.

Gil Asakawa: A Taste of Coney Island in the Rockies: A Classic Hot Dog-Shaped Diner Lives on in the Mountains Gil Asakawa 2010

A line of red plastic-capped spinning stools looks out the window at the gravel parking lot and the South Platte.

Gil Asakawa: A Taste of Coney Island in the Rockies: A Classic Hot Dog-Shaped Diner Lives on in the Mountains Gil Asakawa 2010

Over the weekend, Denver Post columnist Ed Quillen, who's definitely counts as an expert on Colorado water issues himself, spotlighted big-time errors in McInnis 'work, including McInnis' failure to list the South Platte among Colorado's major river basins.

Jason Salzman: What About the Substance of the McInnis Water Articles? 2010

A line of red plastic-capped spinning stools looks out the window at the gravel parking lot and the South Platte.

Gil Asakawa: A Taste of Coney Island in the Rockies: A Classic Hot Dog-Shaped Diner Lives on in the Mountains Gil Asakawa 2010

A line of red plastic-capped spinning stools looks out the window at the gravel parking lot and the South Platte.

Gil Asakawa: A Taste of Coney Island in the Rockies: A Classic Hot Dog-Shaped Diner Lives on in the Mountains Gil Asakawa 2010

A line of red plastic-capped spinning stools looks out the window at the gravel parking lot and the South Platte.

Gil Asakawa: A Taste of Coney Island in the Rockies: A Classic Hot Dog-Shaped Diner Lives on in the Mountains Gil Asakawa 2010

A line of red plastic-capped spinning stools looks out the window at the gravel parking lot and the South Platte.

Gil Asakawa: A Taste of Coney Island in the Rockies: A Classic Hot Dog-Shaped Diner Lives on in the Mountains Gil Asakawa 2010