Scabby Creek

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

Scabby Creek received its name from an incident when Sioux Indians kept ponies inflicted with a skin disease. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Scabby Creek
  2. Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 56.

43°19′21″N100°53′08″W / 43.32250°N 100.88556°W / 43.32250; -100.88556