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The Spoon River is a 〔U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. (The National Map ), accessed May 13, 2011〕 tributary of the Illinois River in west-central Illinois in the United States. The river drains largely agricultural prairie country between Peoria and Galesburg. The river is noted for giving its name to the fictional Illinois town in the 1916 poetry work ''Spoon River Anthology'' by Edgar Lee Masters, who was from Lewistown, which is near the river. The river rises in two short forks near Kewanee in southern Henry County. The East and West forks join in northern Stark County, approximately southeast of Kewanee, and the combined stream meanders south and southwest through rural Stark, Knox and Fulton counties. The lower portion of the river passes through a scenic region of hills in Fulton County, and passes approximately southwest of Lewistown. The river joins the Illinois from the west opposite Havana, approximately downstream and southwest of Peoria. The Rock Island Trail passes over the Spoon River northwest of Wyoming, Illinois. ==See also== * List of Illinois rivers * ''Spoon River Anthology'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Spoon River」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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