Some cool facts about "our" amazing river: • The Arkansas - TopicsExpress

Some cool facts about "our" amazing river: • The Arkansas River begins its journey in the Sawatch Mountains near Leadville, Colo. The river begins at an elevation of 11,320 feet. • The river is cutting deeper into the river gorge at the rate of about 1 foot every 2,500 years. • The river gorge is so narrow on the Arkansas River that the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad had to suspend its track above the stream by an engineering marvel, the Hanging Bridge. • The Arkansas River runs through some of the richest ore bodies in the state. • The Arkansas River has carved solid granite into one of the wonders of the world – the Royal Gorge.