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    The Pecatonica River is a tributary of the Rock River, 194 miles (312 km) long, in southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois in the United States. The...
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    in 2000. The village was named after the Pecatonica River, which forms its northern border. The word Pecatonica is an anglicization of two Algonquian language...
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  • Pecatonica may refer to: Pecatonica, Illinois Pecatonica River of Illinois and Wisconsin Pecatonica High School (disambiguation) This disambiguation page...
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    The East Branch Pecatonica River is a tributary of the Pecatonica River, approximately 62.5 miles (100.6 km) long, in southwest Wisconsin in the United...
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  • Acanthametropus pecatonica, the Pecatonica River mayfly, is a species of mayfly in the family Acanthametropodidae. It is endemic to the Pecatonica River of Wisconsin...
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  • Mukwonago River Des Plaines River Root River Rock River Kishwaukee River (IL) Piscasaw Creek Pecatonica River Sugar River Little Sugar River West Branch...
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    the Yahara River, and flows southward through tiny Fulton, Janesville and Beloit into northern Illinois, where it receives the Pecatonica River 5 miles (8 km)...
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    Sugar River is a tributary of the Pecatonica River, approximately 91 miles (146 km) long, in the U.S. states of Wisconsin and Illinois. The river rises...
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  • trading post on the banks of the Pecatonica River. A generous man, Baker began operating a free ferry across the river and even invited travelers into...
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    The village began at a convenient ford for crossing the East Branch Pecatonica River. The first settler named it after the Duke of Argyll who had sponsored...
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    1978, 25-year-old Charles Antonio Hattula was found drowned in the Pecatonica River near Freeport, Illinois. He had been missing since May 13. Hattula...
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  • Branch Pecatonica River flows north-to-south through the eastern part of the town, passing the through the village of Argyle. The Yellowstone River joins...
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    the Pecatonica River. In a brief battle, the Americans killed and scalped all of the Natives. The Battle of Horseshoe Bend (or Battle of Pecatonica) was...
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  • Sugar River (New York), a river in New York Sugar River (Wisconsin), a tributary of the Pecatonica River in Wisconsin and Illinois Sugar River State Trail...
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    the area from his farm near Dodgeville. He purchased the mill on the Pecatonica river from the Mormons, who mostly left the area. Along with Cyrus Newkirk...
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    River, the St. Joseph River, the Kankakee River, Tippecanoe and Wabash Rivers, the Illinois River and Lake Peoria, and the Des Plaines and Fox Rivers...
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    the "Pearl of the Pecatonica" because the Pecatonica River flows through the town, and people used to harvest the clams out of the river to make pearl button...
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  • Kishwaukee River Pecatonica River Sugar River Yellow Creek Plum River Apple River Galena River Sinsinawa River Little Menominee River Menominee River Lake Michigan...
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  • The Pecatonica Wetlands Forest Preserve is a 1,048-acre (4.24 km2) park located on the Pecatonica River in western Winnebago County in the U.S. state...
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  • caddisfly (Triaenodes tridonata) Extinct species Pecatonica river mayfly (Acanthametropus pecatonica) Robust burrowing mayfly (Pentagenia robusta) Extinct...
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    pursuit, a group of approximately 11 Native warriors criss-crossed the Pecatonica River until, finding flight hopeless, they prepared to make a stand at the...
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    east. A subgroup occupied the Upper Iowa River region in what was later known as northeast Iowa and the Root River region in southeast Minnesota in the late...
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    as "Horseshoe Bend", which was formed by a change in course of the Pecatonica River. The battle was a major turning point in the Black Hawk War, despite...
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    2 km2), of which 0.02 square miles (0.04 km2), or 0.03%, are water. The Pecatonica River crosses the northeast part of the town, picking up several tributaries...
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    retreated to Tennessee. In December, Bragg was defeated at the Battle of Stones River. In response to the defeat and the lack of coordination, Davis reorganized...
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    The Wisconsin River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. At approximately 430 miles (692 km) long, it is the state's...
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    05%, are water. The western border of the town follows the Pecatonica River, and the river's East Branch flows southward through the east side of the town...
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  • (ISBN 0805077588). "June 16: Henry Dodge Describes The Battle of the Pecatonica Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine," Historic Diaries: The Black...
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    of Tutty Baker, who was credited with running a "free port" on the Pecatonica River. The name "Winneshiek" was later adopted, and is preserved to this...
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    Jordan Creek and the Pecatonica River, the early settlers believed there would some day be a city. Steamboats came up the river to that point in 1845...
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