The Smoky Hill River (Pawnee: Aahkáwirarahkata ) is a 575-mile (925 km) river in the central Great Plains of North America, running through the U.S. states of Colorado and Kansas.
Famous quotes containing the words smoky, hill and/or river:
“When the villagers were lighting their fires beyond the horizon, I too gave notice to the various wild inhabitants of Walden vale, by a smoky streamer from my chimney, that I was awake.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid.”
—Bible: New Testament, Matthew 5:14.
“It is impossible to step into the same river twice.”
—Heraclitus (c. 535–475 B.C.)