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Great American cities settled at first on obscure rivers

  1. Houston – Buffalo Bayou
  2. Asheville NC: French Broad River
  3. Dallas TX (the Trinity isn’t much of a river)
  4. Phoenix AZ: Salt River
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Great American cities settled at first on obscure rivers

  1. Houston – Buffalo Bayou
  2. Asheville NC: French Broad River
  3. Dallas TX (the Trinity isn’t much of a river)
  4. Phoenix AZ: Salt River
  5. Indianapolis IN: The White River

Indianapolis, as Vonnegut readers will know, is one of the biggest cities in the country not founded on a river navigable by riverboats.

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The story goes that David Letterman, as a young weatherman in Indianapolis, was once disciplined for predicting “hailstones the size of canned hams.”

Great American cities settled at first on obscure rivers

  1. Houston – Buffalo Bayou
  2. Asheville NC: French Broad River
  3. Dallas TX (the Trinity isn’t much of a river)
  4. Phoenix AZ: Salt River
  5. Indianapolis IN: The White River
  6. Cleveland, Ohio: Cuyahoga River
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Great American cities settled at first on obscure rivers

  1. Houston – Buffalo Bayou
  2. Asheville NC: French Broad River
  3. Dallas TX (the Trinity isn’t much of a river)
  4. Phoenix AZ: Salt River
  5. Indianapolis IN: The White River
  6. Cleveland, Ohio: Cuyahoga River
  7. Charleston WV: at the confluence of the Ashley and Cooper Rivers
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That’s Charleston South Carolina, where “The Ashley and Cooper meet to form the Atlantic Ocean”.

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Thanks for the correction. I found that on a site that obviously is wrong.

Corrected.

Great American cities settled at first on obscure rivers

  1. Houston – Buffalo Bayou
  2. Asheville NC: French Broad River
  3. Dallas TX (the Trinity isn’t much of a river)
  4. Phoenix AZ: Salt River
  5. Indianapolis IN: The White River
  6. Cleveland, Ohio: Cuyahoga River
  7. Charleston SC: at the confluence of the Ashley and Cooper Rivers
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Great American cities settled at first on obscure rivers

  1. Houston – Buffalo Bayou
  2. Asheville NC: French Broad River
  3. Dallas TX (the Trinity isn’t much of a river)
  4. Phoenix AZ: Salt River
  5. Indianapolis IN: The White River
  6. Cleveland, Ohio: Cuyahoga River
  7. Charleston SC: at the confluence of the Ashley and Cooper Rivers
  8. Milwaukee WI – Kinnickinnic River
    At the confluence of the Milwaukee, Menominie and Kinnickinnic rivers.
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Great American cities settled at first on obscure rivers

  1. Houston – Buffalo Bayou
  2. Asheville NC: French Broad River
  3. Dallas TX (the Trinity isn’t much of a river)
  4. Phoenix AZ: Salt River
  5. Indianapolis IN: The White River
  6. Cleveland, Ohio: Cuyahoga River
  7. Charleston SC: at the confluence of the Ashley and Cooper Rivers
  8. Milwaukee WI – Kinnickinnic River
  9. Richmond VA: James River
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Great American cities settled at first on obscure rivers

  1. Houston – Buffalo Bayou
  2. Asheville NC: French Broad River
  3. Dallas TX (the Trinity isn’t much of a river)
  4. Phoenix AZ: Salt River
  5. Indianapolis IN: The White River
  6. Cleveland, Ohio: Cuyahoga River
  7. Charleston SC: at the confluence of the Ashley and Cooper Rivers
  8. Milwaukee WI – Kinnickinnic River
  9. Richmond VA: James River
  10. Washington, D.C.: Potomac River.
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Great American cities settled at first on obscure rivers

  1. Houston – Buffalo Bayou
  2. Asheville NC: French Broad River
  3. Dallas TX (the Trinity isn’t much of a river)
  4. Phoenix AZ: Salt River
  5. Indianapolis IN: The White River
  6. Cleveland, Ohio: Cuyahoga River
  7. Charleston SC: at the confluence of the Ashley and Cooper Rivers
  8. Milwaukee WI – Kinnickinnic River
  9. Richmond VA: James River
  10. Washington, D.C.: Potomac River.
  11. Durham NC – Eno River
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The Cuyahoha, Potomac, and James were obscure?

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I guess it matters where you’re from and what you are familiar with.

Great American cities settled at first on obscure rivers

  1. Houston – Buffalo Bayou
  2. Asheville NC: French Broad River
  3. Dallas TX (the Trinity isn’t much of a river)
  4. Phoenix AZ: Salt River
  5. Indianapolis IN: The White River
  6. Cleveland, Ohio: Cuyahoga River
  7. Charleston SC: at the confluence of the Ashley and Cooper Rivers
  8. Milwaukee WI – Kinnickinnic River
  9. Richmond VA: James River
  10. Washington, D.C.: Potomac River.
  11. Durham NC – Eno River
  12. Billings MT: Yellowstone River
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Great American cities settled at first on obscure rivers

  1. Houston – Buffalo Bayou
  2. Asheville NC: French Broad River
  3. Dallas TX (the Trinity isn’t much of a river)
  4. Phoenix AZ: Salt River
  5. Indianapolis IN: The White River
  6. Cleveland, Ohio: Cuyahoga River
  7. Charleston SC: at the confluence of the Ashley and Cooper Rivers
  8. Milwaukee WI – Kinnickinnic River
  9. Richmond VA: James River
  10. Washington, D.C.: Potomac River.
  11. Durham NC – Eno River
  12. Billings MT: Yellowstone River
  13. Salt Lake City: Jordan River

For Christmas Eve- famous real or fictional Eves (or Eva or Evi or names that are Ev-ian)

  1. Eve Arden
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For Christmas Eve- famous real or fictional Eves (or Eva or Evi or names that are Ev-ian)

  1. Eve Arden
  2. Eve from the Bible, Genesis
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For Christmas Eve- famous real or fictional Eves (or Eva or Evi or names that are Ev-ian)

  1. Eve Arden
  2. Eve from the Bible, Genesis
  3. Eva Braun Hitler

Quickly getting Godwin’s Law out of the way.

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For Christmas Eve- famous real or fictional Eves (or Eva or Evi or names that are Ev-ian)

  1. Eve Arden
  2. Eve from the Bible, Genesis
  3. Eva Braun Hitler
  4. Eve 6 - X-Files Character or 90’s band
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For Christmas Eve- famous real or fictional Eves (or Eva or Evi or names that are Ev-ian)

  1. Eve Arden
  2. Eve from the Bible, Genesis
  3. Eva Braun Hitler
  4. Eve 6 - X-Files Character or 90’s band
  5. Eve Plumb
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For Christmas Eve- famous real or fictional Eves (or Eva or Evi or names that are Ev-ian)

  1. Eve Arden
  2. Eve from the Bible, Genesis
  3. Eva Braun Hitler
  4. Eve 6 - X-Files Character or 90’s band
  5. Eve Plumb
  6. Eve Baird - the Librarians
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For Christmas Eve- famous real or fictional Eves (or Eva or Evi or names that are Ev-ian)

  1. Eve Arden
  2. Eve from the Bible, Genesis
  3. Eva Braun Hitler
  4. Eve 6 - X-Files Character or 90’s band
  5. Eve Plumb
  6. Eve Baird - the Librarians
  7. Eva Gabor (Close enough)
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For Christmas Eve- famous real or fictional Eves (or Eva or Evi or names that are Ev-ian)

  1. Eve Arden
  2. Eve from the Bible, Genesis
  3. Eva Braun Hitler
  4. Eve 6 - X-Files Character or 90’s band
  5. Eve Plumb
  6. Eve Baird - the Librarians
  7. Eva Gabor (Close enough)
  8. Eva Duarte Peron