Name: Breteche Creek
County: Park
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Longitude: 1092325W
Latitude: 442831N
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Elevation: 5499/1676
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Feature Type: Stream
Origin of Name:
Creek, Park County, Wyo., ... flowing north into North Fork, Shoshone River, above the Shoshone Reservoir. Named for an early settler, Paul Breteche, of French ancestry. The original pronunciation of the name was Breteshay; the present local pronunciation, Britisher.
Source: Decisions, 1890-1932
tion of a trading house at that point. This post was located in the valley of the Black Fork, a tributary of Green River, two and one-half miles above Smith's Fork.
Other Names: Britisher Creek
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