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'''Stinking Creek''' is a stream in [[Knox County, Kentucky]], in the [[United States]].<ref>{{GNIS|515716}}</ref> |
'''Stinking Creek''' is a stream in [[Knox County, Kentucky]], in the [[United States]].<ref>{{GNIS|515716}}</ref> |
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Stinking Creek was so named because hunters were known to leave |
Stinking Creek was so named because early |
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buffalo hunters were known to leave corpses of animals they killed lying in and around the stream.<ref>{{cite book|last=Kleber|first=John E.|title=The Kentucky Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8eFSK4o--M0C&pg=PA856|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=0-8131-2883-8|page=856}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Latest revision as of 23:45, 3 August 2024
Stinking Creek is a stream in Knox County, Kentucky, in the United States.[1]
Stinking Creek was so named because early buffalo hunters were known to leave corpses of animals they killed lying in and around the stream.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stinking Creek (Kentucky)
- ^ Kleber, John E. The Kentucky Encyclopedia. University Press of Kentucky. p. 856. ISBN 0-8131-2883-8.
36°50′15″N 83°48′58″W / 36.837587°N 83.816033°W
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