This body of water has one branch that begins at Okamanpeedan Lake, while the more northerly branch begins at Lake Shetek, and the two meet in Frank Gotch State Park.
This body of water has one branch that begins at Okamanpeedan Lake, while the more northerly branch begins at Lake Shetek, and the two meet in Frank Gotch State Park. This river was named after the Otoe tribe when it first appeared on maps, and it is dammed to create the Red Rock and Saylorville reservoirs. Although the vast majority of this river's length lies in one state, some cities in the other state that this river flows by are Currie and Windom, while in its main state, it flows past Algona, Chillicothe, Fort Dodge and Ottumwa. The Raccoon River empties into this river at the downtown of this river's namesake city, and it forms a small part of the border between two Midwestern states that fought a bloodless 1839 conflict called the Honey War. Emptying into the Mississippi at Keokuk, for 10 points, name this river which forms part of Missouri's western border and shares its name with the capital of Iowa.
This body of water has one branch that begins at Okamanpeedan Lake, while the more northerly branch begins at Lake Shetek, and the two meet in Frank Gotch State Park.
Des Moines River [or La Riviere; or Le Moine River; or Monk River; or Nadouessioux River, Outontantes River; or River Demoin; or River of the Maskoutens; or River of the Peouareas]