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Elkhorn River

Field	Value
name	Elkhorn River
image	Elkhorn River from Cowboy Trail W of 519 Av.JPG
image_caption	The Elkhorn River in Antelope County,
April 2010
pushpin_map	USA Nebraska
pushpin_map_caption	Location of the mouth of the Elkhorn River in Nebraska
source1_location	Confluence of North Fork and South Fork
source1_coordinates
mouth_location	Confluence with Platte
mouth_coordinates
progression	Platte—Missouri—Mississippi
length	290 mi
source1_elevation	2162 ft
mouth_elevation	1070 ft
discharge1_location	near Waterloo
discharge1_avg	1529 cuft/s

April 2010

The Elkhorn River is a river in northeastern Nebraska, United States, that originates in the eastern Sandhills and is one of the largest tributaries of the Platte River, flowing 290 mi and joining the Platte just southwest of Omaha, approximately 1 mi south and 3 mi west of Gretna.

Located in northeast and north-central Nebraska, the Elkhorn River basin encompasses approximately 7000 sqmi. The Elkhorn has several tributaries, including its own North and South forks, Logan Creek Dredge, Rock Creek and Maple Creek.

History

The Platte River and tributaries, including the Elkhorn River

The Lewis and Clark Expedition encountered the Elkhorn River near its confluence with the Platte, and referred to it as the "Corne de Cerf". Located a few miles north of the confluence is the Elkhorn Crossing Recreation Area. This public park, operated by the Papio-Missouri River Natural Resources District, marks the location where thousands of immigrants in the nineteenth century, bound for the west, camped while waiting to cross the river.

For years Logan Fontenelle and Joseph LaFlesche, young mixed-race men who worked with the Omaha people, owned the ferry that carried people, wagons and animals between the two river banks. LaFlesche had been adopted by Omaha chief Big Elk and named as his successor. Fontenelle, of Omaha-French descent, served the tribe as an interpreter in relations with the US Indian agent and negotiations with the government over cession of lands.

References

"USGS Surface Water data for Nebraska: USGS Surface-Water Annual Statistics".
{{gnis. 829066. Elkhorn River
"The National Map". [[United States Geological Survey]].
"Platte and Elkhorn River". Papio NRD Website.

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