Hurlbut Creek
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Name:Hurlbut Creek
Origin Of Name:On January 25, 1882, the Hurlbut Creek Ditch Company was incorporated in Wyoming. (Department of the Interior Annual Report, 1883) Edmund Hurlbut received a patent on land near this location on November 29, 1890. (General Land Office Records) Listed as Hurlburt Creek in the Geographic Names Information System. (U.S. Geological Survey, Geographic Names, Web 2012)
County:Sheridan
Feature Category:Water Features
Alternate Spellings:Hurlburt Creek
Stories:It was on this little mountain stream that a man named Hurlburt was almost hanged by a group of; disappointed gold seekers who figured Hurlburt had misinformed them as to the gold to be found there.; The incident took place in the early 1880's. The brook where the near hanging took place has been; known as Hurlburt Creek ever since. (WPA)
Document ID:12736

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