Madison River, Montana, United States (Google Maps ⧉, OpenStreetMap ⧉)
Referenced In
History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark / To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean
by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark"We were therefore induced to discontinue the name of Missouri, and gave to the southwest branch the name of Jefferson in honour of the president of the United States, and called the middle branch Madison, after James Madison secretary of state. These two, as well as Gallatin river, run with great velocity and throw out large bodies of water."
History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark / To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean
by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark"from its size and its southeastern course, we presume that it rises in the Rocky mountains near the sources of the Madison."
History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark / To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean
by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark"… of a stone found in the hills between Madison and Jefferson rivers"
History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark: To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean
by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark"…we will then attempt the passage by ascending the main southwest branch of Lewis’s river through the country of the Shoshonees, over to Madison or Gallatin rivers."
History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark: To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean
by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark"Serjeant Ordway’s party, which had left the mouth of Madison river on the 13th, had descended in safety to the Whitebear islands, where he arrived on the 19th, and after collecting the baggage, left the falls on the 27th in the white periogue..."
History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark: To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean
by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark"Early in the morning they set out, and at noon reached the entrance of Madison river, where serjeant Pryor had arrived with the horses about an hour before."