Ashley Creek (Utah)

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Ashley Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Utah. [1] It is a tributary of the Green River.

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Ashley Creek has the name of William Henry Ashley (1778–1838), a frontiersman, entrepreneur, and politician. [2] A variant name was "Ashley's Fork". [3]

William Henry Ashley was an American miner, land speculator, manufacturer, territorial militia officer, politician, frontiersman, trapper, fur trader, entrepreneur, and hunter. Ashley was best known for being the co-owner with Andrew Henry of the highly successful Rocky Mountain Fur Incorporated, otherwise known as "Ashley's Hundred" for the famous mountain men working for the firm from 1822–1834.

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ashley Creek (Utah)
  2. ↑ Leigh, Rufus Wood (1961). Five hundred Utah place names: their origin and significance. p. 3.
  3. ↑ Lund, Anthon Henrik (1922). The Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine. Geneal. Society of Utah. p. 38.


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