Green River — Chambers's Encyclopaedia

Green River (1) rises in Western Wyoming, flows SE. into Colorado, and then SW. and S. through Utah, joining the Grand River, a branch of the Colorado, after a course of 750 miles.—(2) Green River, Kentucky, rises near the centre of the state, flows west and north-west, passing near the Mammoth Cave, and crosses the northern boundary, entering the Ohio 9 miles above Evansville, Indiana. It is about 350 miles in length, and is navigable for small steamers for 150 miles; its lower course is through the coalfields of Western Kentucky.