Beaver Trap Creek

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Beaver Trap Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of South Dakota. [1]

Some say the creek was named for the fact it was a favorite hunting ground of beavers by Indians, while others believe the creek was named for the abandoned beaver trap which was found there. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Beaver Trap Creek
  2. Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.3. University of South Dakota. p. 12.

45°13′52″N101°41′52″W / 45.23111°N 101.69778°W / 45.23111; -101.69778