Name: Rescue Creek
County: Park
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GNIS Entry
Longitude: 1103522W
Latitude: 445818N
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Elevation: 6450/1966
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Feature Type: Stream
Origin of Name:
Creek, Yellowstone National Park, Wyo., rising ... on east slope of Mount Everts, flowing east into Blacktail Deer Creek.
Source: Decisions, 1890-1932
Named by the U. S. Geological Survey in 1878. Refers to the incident in which Truman C. Everts, of the 1870 Washburn Expedition, was lost for 37 days in Yellowstone. The name was given to the stream because it was thought to be where Everts was "rescued." However, that was not the case.
Source: Chittenden
Other Names: Antelope Creek, Lost Trail Creek
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1:24000 Quadrangle: Blacktail Deer Creek
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