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Trinity River is the big river here.
The Rhine starts when two other rivers meet or confluence. These two rivers are the Vorderrhein and Hinterrhein, and they confluence near Reichenau, in Switzerland.
Near volcanoes, creeks, rivers, caves. Anywhere the earths plates meet and usually in veins.
Pontiac was born near modern day Defiance, OH. Where the Auglaize and Maumee Rivers meet.
I can't say with extreme accuracy, but Fort King was near present day Ocala. Fort Dade was north of present Dade City closer to Lacoochee. I believe fort brooke was near tampa.
The American River was named by John Sutter in 1839 when he selected the point at which it flows into the Sacramento River as the site for his headquarters, Fort Sutter, at the center of the vast landholdings he called Nueva Helvetica, after his homeland.
The Tigris and the Euphrates are the two rivers that run near mesopotamia.
why did the early pioneers settle near rivers or lakes
They join in Cairo, Illinois. It's a small town in extreme SW Illinois. The three states of Missouri, Illinois, and Kentucky meet at this point. On the confluence peninsula is Fort Defiance Park, once a Civil War fort.
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Fort Dix is near Jobstown, New Jersey.
A presidio is a fort in Spanish