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- Powder River (Montana)Powder River (Montana)Powder River is a tributary of the Yellowstone River, approximately long in the southeastern Montana and northeastern Wyoming in the United States. It drains an area historically known as the Powder River Country on the high plains east of the Bighorn Mountains.It rises in three forks in eastern...
, in Wyoming and Montana in the United States - Powder River CountryPowder River CountryThe Powder River Country refers to an area of the Great Plains in northeastern Wyoming in the United States. The area is loosely defined between the Bighorn Mountains and the Black Hills, in the upper drainage areas of the Powder, Tongue, and Little Bighorn rivers.During the late 1860s, the area...
, the area around the above river. - Powder River (Oregon)Powder River (Oregon)The Powder River is a tributary of the Snake River, approximately long, in northeast Oregon in the United States. It drains an area of the Columbia Plateau on the eastern side of the Blue Mountains...
, in Oregon in the United States - Powder River BasinPowder River BasinThe Powder River Basin is a geologic region in southeast Montana and northeast Wyoming, about east to west and north to south, known for its coal deposits. The region supplies about 40 percent of coal in the United States. It is both a topographic drainage and geologic structural basin...
, a major coal producing region in the United States - Powder River PassPowder River PassPowder River Pass is a mountain pass in the Bighorn Mountains in Wyoming traversed by U.S. Highway 16. It is between the towns of Buffalo and Ten Sleep....
, a mountain pass in the Big Horn Mountains of Wyoming - Powder River County, MontanaPowder River County, Montana-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 1,858 people, 737 households, and 524 families residing in the county. The population density was -Demographics:...
- Powder River, WyomingPowder River, WyomingPowder River is a census-designated place in Natrona County, Wyoming, United States. It is part of the Casper, Wyoming Metropolitan Statistical Area...
In history:
- Powder River Expedition, refers to two military expeditions through the Powder River region
- Battle of Powder RiverBattle of Powder RiverThe Battle of Powder River occurred March 17, 1876, in the Montana Territory between the United States Army and a force of Cheyenne Native Americans during Crook's Big Horn Expedition in the Great Sioux War of 1876.-Overview:...
, a military battle fought during the Black Hills War
In transportation:
- USS LSM(R)-519USS LSM(R)-519USS LSM–519 was an , a type of amphibious assault ship in the United States Navy.She was originally projected as LSM-519 and was laid down on 28 April 1945 by the Brown Shipbuilding Co., Inc., in Houston, Texas. She was launched on 2 June 1945 and commissioned on 28 July, Lt. John W...
, renamed Powder River in 1955
In entertainment:
- Powder River, a 1990 studio album by country music artist Chris LeDouxChris LeDouxChris Ledoux was an American country music singer-songwriter, bronze sculptor and rodeo champion.During his career LeDoux recorded 36 albums which have sold more than six million units in the United States as of January 2007...
In sports:
- Powder River pass, a football play in 1954 giving Arkansas a 6-0 win over Ole Miss.