Rebel Creek (Nevada)

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Rebel Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Nevada. [1]

According to tradition, Rebel Creek was named by a Southern sympathizer who won naming rights in a fight against a Northern foe. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rebel Creek (Nevada)
  2. Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 38.

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