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Bannock Ford
Name: Bannock Ford
County: Park
Authority Name:
GNIS Entry
Longitude: 1102237W
Latitude: 445337N
Legal Description:
Elevation: 6188/1886
(ft/m)
Feature Type: Crossing
Origin of Name:
Named from a tribe of Indians. This tribe inhabited the country southwest of Yellowstone Park, finally settling on a reservation in southern Idaho. Some authorities give the drivation from bannai' hti "southern people."
Source: Gannett
Other Names:
Alternative Spellings:
History:
Just above the mouth of Tower Creek is the old Bannock Ford over the Yellowstone, a crossing of immemorial antiquity and the same that was used by Colter in 1807.
Source: Chittenden
Stories:
Maps:
1:24000 Quadrangle: Tower Junction
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Bannock Ford
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