King Arroyo

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King Arroyo [1]
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The arroyo viewed from the East 3rd Street bridge in La Junta
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Location of the mouth of King Arroyo in Colorado
Physical characteristics
Source 
  location Comanche National Grassland
  coordinates 37°51′15.04″N103°29′46.79″W / 37.8541778°N 103.4963306°W / 37.8541778; -103.4963306 [1]
Mouth  
  location
Confluence with the Arkansas
  coordinates
37°59′23.03″N103°31′49.79″W / 37.9897306°N 103.5304972°W / 37.9897306; -103.5304972 [1]
  elevation
4,049 ft (1,234 m)
Basin features
Progression ArkansasMississippi
Tributaries 
  rightEast Fork King Arroyo

King Arroyo is a tributary of the Arkansas River in Otero County, Colorado.

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Course

King Arroyo rises in the Comanche National Grassland south of La Junta, Colorado and flows generally north. Its main tributary is East Fork King Arroyo. The two streams join southeast of La Junta. [2] King Arroyo then continues north along the east side of La Junta before passing under Highway 50 and emptying into the Arkansas.

Name

The stream was likely named for Colonel John Quincy Adams King who operated a ferry over a ford on the Arkansas River just east of La Junta's city limits, which matches the location of King Arroyo. King's Ferry, as it was called, ran until 1875 when it was made obsolete by the arrival of the railroad. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "King Arroyo". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2024-03-14.
  2. "East Fork King Arroyo". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2024-03-14.
  3. Long, Margaret (1954). The Sante Fe Trail: following the old historic pioneer trails on the modern highways. [Denver?]: [s.n.] p. 162.