tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20637018.post883416376072268477..comments2024-03-09T13:49:36.566-06:00Comments on Prairie Bluestem: Little River of Christian County, KYGenevieve Netzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08004780820713448880noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20637018.post-23945007899144738262016-12-04T11:46:29.270-06:002016-12-04T11:46:29.270-06:00I fished at trail of tears a few times and caught ...I fished at trail of tears a few times and caught several big crappie...bluegill...goggle eye and even rainbow trout...where did the trout originate?jwm1978https://www.blogger.com/profile/11230794944254094902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20637018.post-36718966232837139112015-12-25T17:59:39.052-06:002015-12-25T17:59:39.052-06:00Great article, thank you.
I'm very interested...Great article, thank you.<br /><br />I'm very interested in taking a kayak trip on the LIttle River from Hopkinsville to the southwest. I would appreciate tips from anyone on where to launch and exit. <br /><br />Thanks again.<br /><br />DaveAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15282431137393035932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20637018.post-34769150224117445372015-12-25T17:59:09.475-06:002015-12-25T17:59:09.475-06:00Great article, thank you.
I'm very interested...Great article, thank you.<br /><br />I'm very interested in taking a kayak trip on the LIttle River from Hopkinsville to the southwest. I would appreciate tips from anyone on where to launch and exit. <br /><br />Thanks again.<br /><br />DaveAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15282431137393035932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20637018.post-10058750420620865142014-08-15T13:23:32.664-05:002014-08-15T13:23:32.664-05:00Thank you for excellent maps and description! It i...Thank you for excellent maps and description! It is helping me find my gr-grfather x5 John Campbell, brothers-in-law Samuel Bradley and Rowland families here in Hopkinsville KY by 1790s. All to Dawson Co Nebraska by 1890s where I was born in 1950s! Fun. God bless you! SandraAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02388998687215845599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20637018.post-3182008948115134392010-04-19T22:13:17.979-05:002010-04-19T22:13:17.979-05:00Hi, John. It was educational to me to write this p...Hi, John. It was educational to me to write this post. I didn't know which fork was being crossed at some of the bridges, etc. I even learned that I've been calling one of the streams out this way the wrong name for twenty years.<br /><br />Your canoe trip sounds like an interesting little excursion. I have always thought it was a shame that Hopkinsville doesn't have a place to rent a canoe. Maybe the canoe-and-bicycle-rental place should be part of the RV-and-tent-camping park that we also don't have!Genevieve Netzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08004780820713448880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20637018.post-34116464043099430632010-04-19T21:36:36.722-05:002010-04-19T21:36:36.722-05:00Thanks for the detailed description on the little ...Thanks for the detailed description on the little river path. I have never been able to grasp the path of the north and south forks. I have actually canoed down the river when the water was high enough to navigate. We put in our canoe at Indian Hills, and took out at Gary lane. That little trek took over four hours!! There is quite a bit of meandering the river does between those two points. It is sort of disorienting when you are using the sun for direction. sometimes the sun is behind, and sometimes the sun would be in front. Kinda strange!!! Looks like we took out just before the convergence of the north and south forks. I recommend the canoe trip to anyone, you will see country that most will never see!!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01305681347957088721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20637018.post-8017484730566942382010-04-18T00:53:18.244-05:002010-04-18T00:53:18.244-05:00Thanks for the link, Eric. The gauges seem to be l...Thanks for the link, Eric. The gauges seem to be located logically. On the South Fork, they're monitoring the water levels after streams have merged into the South Fork and in an area where flooding has previously been a problem. On the North Fork, they're monitoring at the water treatment plant. I see that they also have a gauge near Cadiz where Casey Creek and Little River converge. I'm surprised they don't have a gauge after the Sinking Fork meets Little River a little closer to Cadiz.Genevieve Netzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08004780820713448880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20637018.post-9629983398321609582010-04-18T00:23:07.883-05:002010-04-18T00:23:07.883-05:00Very interesting, Limey, and not too surprising. I...Very interesting, Limey, and not too surprising. I enjoyed your description of the pond life.<br /><br />During the severe drought of 2007, a sinkhole opened in the North Fork at Jeffers Bend (right by the water plant in north Hopkinsville). I looked up the story in the Kentucky New Era (<a href="http://www.kentuckynewera.com/articles/2007/08/28/news/paid/doc46d468f387bcd439963540.txt" rel="nofollow">August 28, 2007</a>, subscription required) to make sure I had the facts right. The article has a photo of Little River's North Fork at the water plant standing nearly empty. The article says that the stream was drained by the drought and by a sinkhole that drank up forty-two million gallons of water. Because the stream was so low, the only watershed lake that still had any water in it (Lake Blythe) could not be accessed.<br /><br />Fortunately, Hopkinsville still had a couple of stone quarries that were full of water, and they were in the process of installing a waterline from Lake Barkley. The water department did issue some water conservation rules and actually turned off the water to some twenty residences and businesses that were observed in violation (watering lawns outside of prescribed times, presumably.) (This information is from a <a href="http://www.kentuckynewera.com/articles/2007/09/05/news/paid/doc46defc9d0f907257515746.txt" rel="nofollow">follow-up article</a>, published on September 5, 2007 -- subscription required.)Genevieve Netzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08004780820713448880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20637018.post-7490523331440237372010-04-17T11:19:06.208-05:002010-04-17T11:19:06.208-05:00Several streamflow gauges have also been installed...Several streamflow gauges have also been installed to <a href="http://www.hopkinsvilleky.us/agencies/planning-commission/hopkinsville-ky-streamflow-gages-real-time-data" rel="nofollow">measure the level of Little River</a>.ebrakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18270362109346232234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20637018.post-65238203617495367492010-04-17T03:20:12.306-05:002010-04-17T03:20:12.306-05:00You might be interested to know that Ewing lake wh...You might be interested to know that Ewing lake which feeds into South Fork Little River no longer exists. It was originally a man made lake created by putting an earth dam across a natural fall in the land and it caught a lot of water that rose in that area. Unfortunately a lot of small sink holes appeared over time in the area and the lake all but disappeared during dry spells. It was home to numerous fish - of not much size - and many turtles plus a splendid array of drgon and damsel flies during the season. The dam was eventually bulldozed and the lake bed levelled, leaving just a small pond for watering cattle.Limeynoreply@blogger.com