Dry Wood Creek

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Dry Wood Creek is a stream in Bourbon County, Kansas and Vernon County, Missouri. [1] It is a tributary of the Marmaton River. The confluence is approximately 1.5 miles northeast of Deerfield. [2]

Dry Wood Creek was named for the dried-out wood that burned there during a period of drought, according to local history. [3]

The Battle of Dry Wood Creek was fought on the Missouri side in 1861. [4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dry Wood Creek
  2. ↑ Moundville, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1991
  3. ↑ Lyman, Clifford (16 July 1976). "Names' Past Cloudy". Fort Scott Tribune . pp. 13B. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  4. ↑ Roberts, Anita L.; Roberts, Savannah G. (2012). Wilson's Creek National Battlefield: Civil War Collection. Arcadia Publishing. p. 56. ISBN   978-0-7385-9106-3.

37°50′48″N94°29′08″W / 37.846706°N 94.485509°W / 37.846706; -94.485509

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