Name: La Bonte Creek

 

County: Converse

 

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Longitude: 1052105W

Latitude: 423925N 

 

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Elevation: 4724/1440

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Stream

 

Origin of Name:

Creek and town in Converse County, Wyoming, named for La Bonte, an early French trapper.

Source: Gannett

 

La Bonte, another noted character was of the party and was killed in Utah. La Bonte belonged in Wyoming and had lived for a number of years on the North Platte in what is now Converse County. La Bonte Creek, which flows into the North Platte and La Bonte Station on the old Overland Trail were named after this old trapper. The Indians after killing this noted character, cut flesh from the bones and ate it.  

Source: WPA 

 

LaBonte was a trapper with "Uncle Dick" Woolston's party in 1838.

Source: Annals 14(3)

 

Alternative Spellings: Labonte, LaBonte

 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Irvine

 

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