Garrison Creek (North Dakota)

Last updated

Garrison Creek is a stream in McLean County, North Dakota, in the United States. [1]

Garrison Creek was so named on account of soldiers being garrisoned there. [2] The creek lent its name to the city of Garrison, North Dakota. [3]

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lyman County, South Dakota</span> County in South Dakota, United States

Lyman County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,718. Its county seat is Kennebec.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Corson County, South Dakota</span> County in South Dakota, United States

Corson County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,902. Its county seat is McIntosh. The county was named for Dighton Corson, a native of Maine, who came to the Black Hills in 1876, and in 1877 began practicing law at Deadwood.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sioux County, North Dakota</span> County in North Dakota, United States

Sioux County is a county located along the southern border of the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,898. Its eastern border is the Missouri River and its county seat is Fort Yates.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mercer County, North Dakota</span> County in North Dakota, United States

Mercer County is a county in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,350. Its county seat is Stanton.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">McLean County, North Dakota</span> County in North Dakota, United States

McLean County is a county in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,771. Its county seat is Washburn.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Grant County, North Dakota</span> County in North Dakota, United States

Grant County is a county in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,301. Its county seat is Carson.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Garrison, North Dakota</span> City in North Dakota, United States

Garrison is a city in McLean County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 1,462 at the 2020 census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Knife River</span> River in North Dakota, United States of America

The Knife River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately 120 mi (193 km) long, in North Dakota in the United States.

Spring Creek is a tributary of the Knife River, approximately 50 mi (80 km) long, in western North Dakota in the United States.

CU is the designation of a line for high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission between the Coal Creek Station power plant south of Underwood, North Dakota at 47°22′24″N101°9′23″W and the Dickinson converter station near Buffalo, Minnesota at 45°06′40″N93°48′36″W.

The Fort Stevenson State Park Arboretum is an arboretum located near the campground at Fort Stevenson State Park [438 acres (177 ha)] on the north shore of Lake Sakakawea approximately 3 miles south of Garrison, North Dakota.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Quiraing</span> Landform in Scotland

The Quiraing is a landform on the eastern face of Meall na Suiramach, the northernmost summit of the Trotternish escarpment on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. It takes the form of a craterous hollow surrounded by a high rampart of rock. Within the hollow is a raised plateau the size of a football field, known as the Table. Other distinctive features of the landscape are the Needle, a jagged pinnacle rising to 120 feet (37 m), and the Prison, a mass of rock resembling a medieval keep.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fort Harrison</span>

Fort Harrison, later renamed Fort Burnham, was an important component of the Confederate defenses of Richmond during the American Civil War. Named after Lieutenant William Harrison, a Confederate engineer, it was the largest in the series of fortifications that extended from New Market Road to the James River that also included Forts Brady, Hoke, Johnson, Gregg, and Gilmer. These earthworks were designed to protect the strategically important Chaffin's Bluff on the James.

Clonmore is a hamlet and townland in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is 5 miles (8 km) east of Dungannon, close to the banks of the River Blackwater.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fort Stevenson</span> 19th century frontier military fort

Fort Stevenson was a frontier military fort in the 19th century in what was then Dakota Territory and what is now North Dakota. The fort was named for Thomas G. Stevenson, a Civil War general who was killed in the Battle of Spotsylvania. It was built in 1867 and abandoned in 1883.

Fort Berthold was the name of two successive forts on the upper Missouri River in present-day central-northwest North Dakota. Both were initially established as fur trading posts. The second was adapted as a post for the U.S. Army. After the Army left the area, having subdued Native Americans, the fort was used by the US as the Indian Agency for the regional Arikara, Hidatsa, and Mandan Affiliated Tribes and their reservation.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eli, Nebraska</span> Unincorporated Community in Nebraska, United States

Eli is an unincorporated community in Cherry County, Nebraska, United States. Its population is approximately 60-75 people, but exact census information has not been collected. It is one mile (1.6 km) north of U.S. Route 20 and 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of the Nebraska-South Dakota border. The nearest town is Merriman, 11.8 miles (19.0 km) to the west. It is also 12.8 miles (20.6 km) west of Cody.

Square Butte Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of North Dakota.

Magpie Creek is a stream in North Dakota, in the United States.

Beicegel Creek is a stream in North Dakota, in the United States. It flows into Little Missouri River.

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Garrison Creek (North Dakota)
  2. Gavett, Joseph L. (1 January 2007). North Dakota Immigrants: Coming to America. Watchmaker Publishing, Ltd. p. 89. ISBN   978-1-929148-74-5.
  3. Federal Writers' Project (1938). North Dakota, a Guide to the Northern Prairie State,. WPA. p. 211. ISBN   978-1-62376-033-5.

47°38′27″N101°25′40″W / 47.64083°N 101.42778°W / 47.64083; -101.42778