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
References
- ^ 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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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
References
- ^ 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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