Smoky Hill River

Just south of the Smoky Hill River, a little before we got to the post, a courier heading for Fort Dodge passed us at a rapid gait.

She Makes Her Mouth Small & Round & Other Stories 2010

Ellsworth lay flat on the treeless banks of Smoky Hill River in the midst of an endless prairie of grama grass.

THE AMERICAN WEST DEE BROWN 2007

In June they came, long winding herds of Texas Longhorns, splashing across the shallow Smoky Hill River into Abilene.

THE AMERICAN WEST DEE BROWN 2007

Just south of the Smoky Hill River, a little before we got to the post, a courier heading for Fort Dodge passed us at a rapid gait.

Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger

The mid-July sun was shining down on a treeless landscape, across which the yellow, foam-flecked Smoky Hill River wound its sinuous way.

Vanguards of the Plains Margaret Hill McCarter 1899

We were to go at once to Fort Harker, in the valley of the Smoky Hill River, to begin a campaign against the Indians, who were laying waste the frontier settlements and attacking wagon-trains on the Sante Fé Trail.

Vanguards of the Plains Margaret Hill McCarter 1899

Pontiac, Smoky Hill River (these hills are always as if smoky), -- what a light these names shed on the region in which they occur!

A Hero and Some Other Folks 1892

At once changing my course to the direct route, I pushed rapidly on through the darkness towards Smoky Hill River.

The Life of Hon William F Cody Cody, William F 1879

After crossing Smoky Hill River, I felt comparatively safe as this was the last stream I had to cross.

The Life of Hon William F Cody Cody, William F 1879

One day in the spring of 1868, I mounted Brigham and started for Smoky Hill River.

The Life of Hon William F Cody Cody, William F 1879