Lexic.us

Definition of Kansas River

1. Noun. A river in northeastern Kansas; flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kansas River

Literary usage of Kansas River

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin by United States Weather Bureau (1904)
"Kansas River at Topeka, Kans., and vicinity, by Mr. TB Jennings, ... its geographical name is the Kansas River, though it is popularly dominated the Kaw. ..."

2. The Federal and State Constitutions: Colonial Charters, and Other Organic by Francis N. Thorpe, United States (1909)
"Commencing at the mouth of Big Spring Branch, on the south bank of the Kansas River; thence up said branch to its furthest source; thence by a southerly ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"In one part of the city, east of the Kansas River and south of the Missouri, ... The city is on both sides of the Kansas River, so the boundary line between ..."

4. The University Geological Survey of Kansas: Reports by Kansas Geological Survey (1896)
"The Kansas river has numerous tributaries entering it from both sides. On the north Blue river enters it at Manhattan. It has cut its channel through the ..."

5. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1918)
"It was paid by the plaintiffs In error for sand taken from the Kansas River at Topeka, and it was kept as a separate fund because the plaintiffs in error ..."

6. The States and Territories of the Great West: Including Ohio, Indiana by Jacob Ferris (1856)
"... and of the Smoky Hill Fork of the Kansas — Pasturage — The land between the desert hills and the Rocky Mountains — The Kansas River — Valley of the ..."

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