Bass Creek

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Bass Creek is a stream in Boone County in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] It is a tributary of Bonne Femme Creek, which flows into the Missouri River. The creek is one of the "three creeks" of Three Creeks Conservation Area. It is a losing stream and some of its water flows through Hunters Cave. [2] The creek is named after Eli Bass, whose plantation it flowed through for much of the 1800s. [3]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bass Creek
  2. Contaminant Transport in Two Central Missouri Karst Recharge Areas
  3. "Boone County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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