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unusual facts about Big Thompson River


Loveland River House Incident

The Loveland River House Incident was a hostage crisis that occurred on January 3, 1989 at the River House Restaurant on the Big Thompson River about 4 miles west of Loveland, Colorado, Larimer County, Colorado on U.S. 34.


Colorado-Big Thompson Project

Prior to the Dust Bowl era, agriculture in this section of the state had relied upon sources such as Boulder Creek, St. Vrain Creek, Little Thompson River, Big Thompson River and the Cache La Poudre River, all of which are a part of the South Platte River basin and flow into the South Platte River before the South Platte reaches Greeley, Colorado.

Group Workcamps Foundation

The organization was established in 1977 by Thom Schultz in response to a devastating flood the year before near Estes Park, Colorado, which killed 143 people and destroyed hundreds of homes.


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