Wedges Creek

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Wedges Creek is a stream in Clark County, Wisconsin, in the United States. [1]

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History

Wedges Creek derives its name from John D. Wage, a lumberman. [2]

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References

  1. "U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wedges Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
  2. Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 196.

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