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The Red River is one of several rivers with that name. It rises in two branches in the Texas Panhandle and flows along the border of Texas and Oklahoma and Texas and Arkansas. At Fulton, Arkansas, the Red turns south into Louisiana where it empties into the Atchafalaya and Mississippi Rivers after 1,360 miles. The river gains its name from the red-clay farmland it waters. The Red River is dammed by the Denison Dam (est. 1943) to form Lake Texoma, a large reservoir. Other reservoirs serve as flood-control on the river's tributaries.Much of the river's length in Louisiana was unnavigable in the early Nineteenth Century due to a collection of fallen trees that formed a " Great Raft" over 160 miles long (257 km). Captain Henry Miller Shreve cleared the jam in 1839Events January 9 The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process. January 19 British East India Company captures Aden January 20 In the Battle of Yungay, Chile defeats a Peruvian and Bolivian alliance. February 24 William Ot, and now the river is navigable for small craft north of Natchitoches, LouisianaNatchitoches is a city located in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 17,865. Geography Natchitoches is located at 31°45'15" North, 93°5'42" West (31. 754123, -93. According to the United States Census.
See also the Red River disambiguation page.
See also
- List of Arkansas riversThis is a list of rivers in the U. state of Arkansas . Arkansas River Buffalo River (see also Buffalo National River) Cache River Caddo River Fourche La Fave River Illinois River Little Missouri River Little Red River Mississippi River Ouachita River Whit
- List of Louisiana riversThis is a list of rivers in the U. state of Louisiana Atchafalaya River Bayou Nezpique Mississippi River Old River Red River Sabine River See also List of rivers in the United States Lists of rivers U. rivers Louisiana rivers.
- List of Oklahoma riversThis is a list of rivers in the U. State of Oklahoma Arkansas River Beaver River Canadian River Caney River Cimarron River Deep Fork River Illinois River Kiamichi River Neosho River North Canadian River Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River Red River Salt Fork
- List of Texas riversThis is a partial list of the rivers in the state of Texas in the United States. See also List of the ten longest Texas rivers. Angelina River Aransas River Bosque River Brady River Brazos River Buffalo Bayou Canadian River Colorado River Comal River Conc
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