Name: Miller Creek

 

County: Park

 

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GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1100616W

Latitude: 444602N

 

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Elevation: 6955/2120

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Stream

 

Origin of Name:

Creek in Yellowstone Park, named for an early pioneer.

Source: Gannett, 1905

 

Creek, Yellowstone National Park, Wyo., ... flowing west into Lamar River. Named for a mountaineer who descended this stream in retreating from the Indians, 1870.

Source: Decisions, 1890-1932

 

Named in 1880 by Norris for a mountaineer named Miller. "Some seven miles above Cache Creek we passed the mouth of another stream in a deep, narrow, timbered valley, which we named Calfee Creek, after the famous photographer of the Park. Five miles further on, we reached the creek which Miller recognized as the one he descended in retreating from the Indians in 1870, and which, on this account, we called Miller's Creek." Norris in Annual Report Superintendent of the Park for 1880

Source: Chittenden

 

Other Names: Miller's Creek

 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Wahb Springs

 

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