Watonwan River
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The Watonwan River is a tributary of the Blue Earth River, about 90 mi (145 km) long, in southern Minnesota in the United States. Via the Blue Earth and Minnesota Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. It drains an area of about 800 sq mi (2070 km²).
The river was the site of the capture of Bob, Cole and Jim Younger (members of the James-Younger gang) in 1876.
[edit] Course
The Watonwan River rises about 3 mi (5 km) southwest of Jeffers in Cottonwood County and flows generally eastwardly through northern Watonwan and western Blue Earth Counties, past the town of Madelia. It flows into the Blue Earth River 8 mi (13 km) southwest of Mankato.
In north-central Watonwan County the river collects the North Fork Watonwan River, which rises in northeastern Cottonwood County and flows eastward. Upstream of Madelia it collects the South Fork Watonwan River, which flows from Fish Lake in southeastern Cottonwood County and flows eastward and northeastward through southern and eastern Watonwan County and northwestern Martin County, past the town of Odin.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry
- Waters, Thomas F. (1977). The Streams and Rivers of Minnesota. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 0-8166-0960-8.
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