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3 unusual facts about Solomon River


El Dorado: A Kansas Recessional

Colonel Josiah Bywaters is the sole remaining inhabitant of El Dorado, a Kansas town by the Solomon River.

Ichthyornis

Ichthyornis was first discovered in 1870 by Benjamin Franklin Mudge, a professor from Kansas State Agricultural College who recovered the initial fossils from the North Fork of the Solomon River in Kansas, USA.

Ottawa County, Kansas

The Solomon River is the longest river in the county, entering from Cloud County to the northwest and exiting to Saline County to the southeast.


Kirwin National Wildlife Refuge

The refuge is located along the North Fork of the Solomon River in the region where tallgrass prairie meets shortgrass prairie on the Great Plains.


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