Bear Creek (Wisconsin River tributary)

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Bear Creek is a stream in Richland and Sauk counties, in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. [1] It is a tributary of the Wisconsin River.

Bear Creek was named from the bears seen there by early settlers. [2] The creek lends its name to the town of Bear Creek, Sauk County, Wisconsin. [3]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bear Creek (Wisconsin River tributary)
  2. Cole, Harry Ellsworth (1918). A Standard History of Sauk County, Wisconsin. Lewis Publishing Company. p.  407.
  3. Cole, Henry Ellsworth (1912). Baraboo and Other Place Names in Sauk County, Wisconsin. Baraboo News Publishing Company. p.  20.

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