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Sunrise over Madison River, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, September 13, 2007
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The Madison River is a headwater tributary of the Missouri River, approximately 183 miles (295 km) long, in Wyoming and Montana. Its confluence with the Jefferson and Gallatin rivers near Three Forks, Montana, forms the Missouri River.
The Madison rises in Teton County in northwestern Wyoming at the confluence of the Firehole and Gibbon rivers, a location known as Madison Junction in Yellowstone National Park. It flows west then north through the mountains of southwestern Montana to join the Jefferson and Gallatin rivers at Three Forks. The Missouri River Headwaters State Park is located on the Madison at Three Forks. In its upper reaches in Gallatin County, Montana, the Hebgen Dam forms Hebgen Lake. In its middle reaches in Madison County, Montana, the Madison Dam forms Ennis Lake and provides hydroelectric power. In 1959, the 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake formed Quake Lake just downstream from Hebgen Dam. Downstream from Ennis, the Madison flows through Bear Trap Canyon, known for its class IV-V whitewater. The Bear Trap Canyon section is part of the Lee Metcalf Wilderness area.
The river was named in July 1805 by Meriwether Lewis at Three Forks. The central fork of the three, it was named for U.S. Secretary of State James Madison, who would succeed Thomas Jefferson as President in 1809. The western fork, the largest, was named for President Jefferson and the east fork for Treasury Secretary Albert Gallatin.
The Madison is a Class I river in Montana for the purposes of access for recreational use.
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One of the rare instances when I saw the movie first and then the novel on which it was made. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bridges_of_Madison_County_(film)
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I’ve actually not seen or read either of them.
Madison is actually a fairly common placename in the United States. Madison, Wisconsin is that state’s capital. There are 10 Madison Counties in the U.S., including one here in Arkansas.
In the 19th century, Madison was a common middle name as a lot of men were named after James Madison, one of our early presidents and one of the founding fathers of our country. That included one of my ancestors.
From what I can tell, though, there is only one Madison River and that’s in Wyoming. It’s one of my favorites.
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