Cebolla Creek

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Cebolla Creek is a stream in Gunnison and Hinsdale counties in Colorado, United States, that is a tributary of the Gunnison River. [1]

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The river's name comes from the Native Americans of the area, who relied on wild onions (Spanish: cebolla) as a food source. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ceblla Creek
  2. Dawson, John Frank (1954). Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. Denver, CO: The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 13.
  3. 1 2 Ruffner, E. H. (1884). Reconnaissance in the Ute country. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report and map of a reconnaissance in the Ute country, made in 1873 by Lieutenant E. H. Ruffner, of the Corps of Engineers. Ex. Doc. No. 193. Washington D.C.: U.S. House of Representatives. p. 35. Retrieved 2022-02-09.
  4. Hayden, F. V. (1886). Annual report of the United States Geological and geographical survey of the territories: embracing Colorado and parts of adjacent territories; being a report of progress of the exploration for the year 1874. Washington D.C.: U.S. Department of Interior. Retrieved 2022-02-09.
  5. Hayden, F. V. (1877). Western Colorado and part of Utah, Sheet VIII. Geological and Geographical Atlas of Colorado and Portions of Adjacent Territory. Washington D.C.: U.S. Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2022-02-09.
  6. "Cebolla Creek". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.

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