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North Platte

noun

A river that rises in northern Colorado and flows northward into Wyoming and then eastward and southeastward through Nebraska where it joins the South Platte to form the Platte River. Synonym: North Platte River.

A town in west central Nebraska on the Platte River.

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"North platte" Quotes from Famous Books

... moved up on the North Platte, until they came to Court House Rock. The two poor Indians followed them, and camped with the others. One day while they were here, the young men who had been sent out to look for buffalo, came hurrying into camp and told the chiefs that a large herd of buffalo were near, and that ...

— Folk Tales Every Child Should Know • Various

... Jim found McCarthy absent, at North Platte, due to return the next day. Coming to the station the next morning, Jim found the express reported three hours late, and returned to his room in the railway House, fifty yards north of the depot. He doffed his coat, shoulder ...

— The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier • Edgar Beecher Bronson