Description
Stony River is located heads at Stony Glacier in Alaska Range flows SW and NW 190 mi. to Kuskokwim River, 20 mi. NE of Sleetmute, Stony River Low.
History
Descriptive name probably given by prospectors and reported in 1908 by A. G. Maddren, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Native names obtained in 1842-44 by Lieutenant L. A. Zagoskin, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), were written "R(eka) Tkhalkhuk ili (or) Mantashtano"; the first is Eskimo, the last Indian.