Bitterroot River
, c.97 mi/156 km long,
SW Mont.; rises in S Ravalli co.; flows N past Hamilton to join the
Clark Fork R. 5 mi/8 km W of Missoula. A R.C.
mission was built in the river valley in 1841, and the missionaries are
credited with establishing farming in the area. The Bitter Root
project irrigates
c.27 sq mi/70 sq km. The W fork
of the Bitterroot R, rises in far S Ravalli co., surrounded on 3 sides
by Idaho state line and crest of Bitterroot Range, flows N through
Painted Rocks L. The E fork of the Bitterroot R. rises at Continental
Divide, SE Ravalli co., and flows W, both forks
c.40 mi/64 km long.
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