Name: Inyan Kara Creek

 

County: Crook

 

Authority Name: 

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1044405W

Latitude: 442729N

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 3976/1212

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Stream

 

Origin of Name:

Creek, Mountain and Precinct, Crook County, Wyoming.

Source: Decisions, 1890-1932 

 

Tributary of the Belle Fourche which takes its name from Inyan Kara Mountain where it has its source. Sir George Gore and a hunting party, in 1854, killed so many buffalo that they were held up by Red Cloud's band. A Sioux Indian woman guide made peace and saved the party.

Source: WPA

 

Other Names:

 

Alternative Spellings: Inyankara

 

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Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Wonder View

 

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