puh-POE-zha
Stretching out over 101,991 acres of very rugged topography in the Wind River Range, the Popo Agie (pronounced puh-POE-zha, meaning “beginning of the waters”) Wilderness has high jagged peaks separating beautiful streams in deep, narrow valleys.
Q. What does Popo Agie mean?
beginning of the waters
Popo Agie (pronounced puh-POE-zha, meaning “beginning of the waters”) Wilderness has high jagged peaks separating beautiful streams in deep, narrow valleys. Perennial snowfields dot the Continental Divide running through this area.
Table of Contents
- Q. What does Popo Agie mean?
- Q. Where is the Popo Agie?
- Q. What river runs through Lander Wyoming?
- Q. How did the Popo Agie get its name?
- Q. What river goes through Cheyenne Wyoming?
- Q. How do I get to Cirque of the Towers?
- Q. What does Belle Fourche mean?
- Q. Where does Cheyenne get its water?
- Q. Where does the name Popo Agie come from?
- Q. What did the Shoshone Indians call the Popo Agie River?
- Q. How tall are the mountains in the Popo Agie Wilderness?
- Q. Where does the Middle Fork Agie River get its water?
Q. Where is the Popo Agie?
Wyoming
Popo Agie Wilderness /poʊˈpoʊʒə/ is located within Shoshone National Forest, Wyoming, United States. The wilderness consists of 101,870 acres (41,230 ha; 159.17 sq mi) on the east side of the continental divide in the Wind River Range.
Q. What river runs through Lander Wyoming?
Middle Fork Popo Agie River
| Middle Fork Popo Agie River | |
|---|---|
| The Middle Fork Popo Agie River seen from Main Street in Lander Wyoming. | |
| The Flow of the Middle Fork Popo Agie from source to confluence. | |
| Etymology | word po-PO-shuh, meaning “Head River” or possibly “Gurgling River” |
| Location |
Q. How did the Popo Agie get its name?
Popo Agie is a Crow Indian word that most people believe means “gurgling river.” When the first white trappers arrived in the area the Crow people were here, and that is what they called the river. It is pronouced: “Puh – Po Shuh” (two words).
Q. What river goes through Cheyenne Wyoming?
The Cheyenne River (Lakota: Wakpá Wašté; “Good River”), also written Chyone, referring to the Cheyenne people who once lived there, is a tributary of the Missouri River in the U.S. states of Wyoming and South Dakota….Cheyenne River.
| Cheyenne River Lakota: Wakpá Wašté; “Good River” | |
|---|---|
| • average | 874 cu ft/s (24.7 m3/s) |
Q. How do I get to Cirque of the Towers?
The Cirque of the Towers is located ten miles into the Bridger Wilderness in the southern portion of the Wind River Mountain Range. Access via the Big Sandy Trailhead.
Q. What does Belle Fourche mean?
beautiful fork
“Belle fourche” (pronounced bell FOOSH) means “beautiful fork” in French; the river was also known as the North Fork of the Cheyenne by many early explorers.
Q. Where does Cheyenne get its water?
Surface water contributes approximately 75 percent of the City of Cheyenne’s public water supply. The water is collected from the Douglas Creek and Crow Creek drainage areas. Most of the water is stored in four reservoirs located in southeastern Wyoming-Rob Roy, Lake Owen, Granite Springs, and Crystal Lake (fig.
Q. Where does the name Popo Agie come from?
1 Answer. The name Popo Agie (pronounced Po-Po Zshuh) comes from the Crow Indians and means “Tall Grass River.” “Agie” means river in the Crow language and “PoPo” means tall grass or tall rye grass.
Q. What did the Shoshone Indians call the Popo Agie River?
The Shoshone Indians also were in the Popo Agie River Valley and they called the river Wuhnzee Ohgway which translates to: Wuhn-zee (pronghorn buck) Oh-gway (flowing river). The Shoshone called the Lander Valley Wuhnzee Gahdtuhd which translates as:Wuhn-zee (pronghorn buck) Gah-dtuh-d (sitting).
Q. How tall are the mountains in the Popo Agie Wilderness?
Wilderness areas within National Forests and Bureau of Land Management areas also allow hunting in season. The Popo Agie Wilderness is a primarily sub-alpine and alpine region with the minimum elevation of 8,400 feet (2,600 m). Twenty mountains exceed 12,000 feet (3,700 m), with the highest being Wind River Peak at 13,192 feet (4,021 m).
Q. Where does the Middle Fork Agie River get its water?
The Middle Fork is fed from spring sources, seasonal precipitation and annual snow melt, irrigation return flows, several tributaries including the Sawmill, Hornecker, and Baldwin Creeks, and the North Fork of the Popo Agie River. A significant tributary comes from Roaring Fork Creek downstream of Worthen Meadow Reservoir.
