Little Missouri

Northwest, become interested in the cattle business and, in May, 1883, bought the Cantonment buildings at Little Missouri with the object of making them the headquarters of a trading corporation which they called the Little Missouri Land and Stock Company.

Roosevelt in the Bad Lands Hermann Hagedorn 1923

For all their violence and lawlessness there was no denying, meanwhile, that the settlements on both sides of the river, roughly known as Little Missouri, were beginning to flourish, and to catch the attention of a curious world.

Roosevelt in the Bad Lands Hermann Hagedorn 1923

But the Little Missouri is the sinuous signature of God.

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But the Little Missouri is the sinuous signature of God.

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We had no doubt as to who had stolen it; for whoever had done so had certainly gone down the river in it, and the only other thing in the shape of a boat on the Little Missouri was a small flat-bottomed scow in the possession of three hard characters who lived in a shack, or hut, some twenty miles above us, and whom we had shrewdly suspected for some time of wishing to get out of the country, as certain of the cattle-men had begun openly to threaten to lynch them.

Sheriff's Work on a Ranch 1896

Crews on kayaks and canoes scanned the thick brush and debris in the swollen Caddo and Little Missouri rivers for bodies, but experts say many of those killed could be trapped under fallen trees and rocks, and that the river water probably won't be clear enough to see through for several days.

Death toll rises in Arkansas campground flooding 2010

Heavy rains caused the normally quiet Caddo and Little Missouri rivers to climb out of their banks during the night.

Arkansas Flash Floods Kill At Least A Dozen Campers, Dozens More Missing 2010

The Sioux and Cheyennes who had gone to the Bear Butte country on the Little Missouri in the fall of 1876 were ready for a quiet winter.

THE AMERICAN WEST DEE BROWN 2007

Terry and Gibbon had given up hunting for Sitting Bull on the Little Missouri, and had reached the mouth of the Rosebud on June 21.

THE AMERICAN WEST DEE BROWN 2007

The Marquis won no local friends by this action, and when he discovered that Little Missouri disapproved of his plans to build a meatpacking plant as an adjunct to his ranch, he decided to create a new town east of the river.

THE AMERICAN WEST DEE BROWN 2007