Licking River

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Lick·ing River

(lĭk′ĭng)

A river of northeast Kentucky flowing about 515 km (320 mi) northwest to the Ohio River at Covington.

References in classic literature ?

On the first day of January, 1778, I went with a party of thirty men to the Blue Licks, on Licking River, to make salt for the different garrisons in the country.

Bird, attacked Riddle's and Martin's stations, at the Forks of Licking River, with six pieces of artillery.

They had marched beyond the Blue Licks to a remarkable bend of the main fork of Licking River, about forty-three miles from Lexington, as it is particularly represented in the map, where we overtook them on the nineteenth day.

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USGS crews are making special flood measurements on the South Fork Licking River near Buckeye Lake, as floodwaters have closed Interstate 70.

United States : USGS Crews Measure Heavy Flooding in Ohio

The principal spring was situated on the northern bank of the Licking River.

The battle for Daniel Boone

They are located in the Licking River in Eastern Kentucky, Lower Green River in Northwestern Kentucky, and Bayou de Chien‐Mayfield Creek in Southwestern Kentucky.

$500,000 for Water Quality Improvement Project for 3 Kentucky Counties

MORGAN'S fiction has appeared in Willard & Maple, The Distillery, Pearl, Spire, The South Dakota Review, Mars Hill Review, Licking River Review, Schuylkill Valley Journal, Cadillac Cicatrix, Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, Permafrost, Interim, Innisfree, Talon Magazine, and other magazines.

Atomic Blizzard

Tributary of Licking River (TLR) and Banklick Creek (BLC) were sampled only in Nov.

Re-examining the importance of fish in the diets of stream-dwelling crayfishes: implications for food web analyses and conservation

This action greatly improved water quality in the Licking River watershed and aided in restoration of the listed fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria) and clubshell (Pleurobema clava) mussels.

Partnerships for shared stewardship

Lake waters ultimately overtopped a drainage divide south of Hanover causing the erosion of Black Hand Gorge and reversal of the Licking River drainage.

Glacial Lake Licking: late-glacial drainage diversion and the formation of Black Hand Gorge, Licking County, Ohio (1)

When the first settlers, mostly from Virginia, came to Rowan County area in 1773 to claim land grants for service in the Revolutionary War, many of them settled in the fertile valleys along the Licking River and Triplett Creek.

Members matter

The downtown Falmouth offices and much of the paper's equipment and records were destroyed when the Licking River flood struck March 1, but this 90-year-old weekly didn't miss an issue.