Chetopa Creek

Chetopa Creek is a stream in Wilson County, Kansas and Neosho County, Kansas, in the United States.[1] It is a tributary to the Verdigris River.[2]

The Osage Indians made settlement near Chetopa Creek.[3][4]: 52  Chetopa Creek was named for Che-to-pah, an Osage chief and counselor.[4]: 52 [5]: 102–104 [6]: 101, 153 

See also

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Chetopa Creek
  2. ↑ "Chetopa Creek Topo Map in Wilson County KS". TopoZone. Retrieved 29 March 2026.
  3. ↑ History of the State of Kansas: Containing a Full Account of Its Growth from an Uninhabited Territory to a Wealthy and Important State. A. T. Andreas. 1883. p. 826.
  4. 1 2 Burns, Louis F. (2004). A History of the Osage People. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press. ISBN 0-8173-1319-2.
  5. ↑ Bottorff, William (1996). History of Cowley County Kansas; Volume 2, the Indians. p. 52-53.
  6. ↑ Missouri Pacific Lines (1957). The empire that Missouri Pacific serves. St. Louis: Van Hoffmann Press. Retrieved 29 March 2026.

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