Road Trip Tales

I believe it was crossing over the Iowa River on our return trip that I said "Iowa River, I think we have crossed over a river named after the state in every state we have been in." Sure enough, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa and Minnesota all have rivers with the same names, and we crossed each on this trip. That of course led to the next question...how many states have rivers with the same name? Well, I pulled out the handy State Farm provided atlas and began to research my question. (I was not driving!) Thank you State Farm and Bonine! On the road I found 12 staes that have rivers with their same name. Once home though, I wanted to verify my findings. Turns out when you search Wikipedia and look at the rivers in each state there are 16: Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas River (Kaw River), Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, and Wisconsin. What exciting things we can learn on road trips.