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Wikipedia: The North Platte River is a major tributary of the Platte River and is approximately 716 miles (1,152 km) long, counting its many curves. In a straight line, it travels about 550 miles (890 km), along its course through the U.S. states of Colorado, Wyoming, and Nebraska.
Headlines
The Biggest Party in Nebraska Is on the Platte River – Brandon Withrow/Daily Beast
Elsewhere on the Web
Bureau of Land Management: North Platte River
Overland Trail: North Platte Crossing
Church of Latter Day Saints: North Platte River on the Mormon Trail
Fishing the North Platte River
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North Platte River
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