Paint Creek (Kansas)

Paint Creek is a stream in Bourbon County, Kansas, in the United States.[1]

Paint Creek was named from the fact Native Americans used ochre in this creek as body paint.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Paint Creek (Kansas)
  2. ↑ Lyman, Clifford (16 July 1976). "Names' Past Cloudy". Fort Scott Tribune. pp. 13B. Retrieved 22 April 2015.


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