Buffalo Creek (Crow River tributary)
| Buffalo Creek | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Kandiyohi County, Minnesota |
| • elevation | 1125 ft |
| Mouth | |
• location | Carver County, Minnesota |
• elevation | 942 ft |
Buffalo Creek is an 84.3-mile-long (135.7 km) river in central Minnesota.[1] It is a tributary of the South Fork of the Crow River, which is a tributary of the Mississippi River.
Buffalo Creek was so named from the fact buffalo bones were found there by pioneer settlers.[2] The area around this river was well-known to the Dakota people as an excellent hunting ground of buffalo and other ruminants, and so the river was historically known as "Ṭaṗá Oháƞpi Wakpá", or the "Animal Head Broth River".[3]
See also
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed November 29, 2012
- ↑ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 319.
- ↑ Durand, Paul (1994). Okizu Wakpa: Where the Waters Gather and the Rivers Meet: An Atlas of the Eastern Sioux. Prior Lake, Minnesota: Durand. p. 87. ISBN 9780964146907.
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Buffalo Creek
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Buffalo Creek
- Minnesota Watersheds
- USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Minnesota (1974)