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Names of Montana Creeks and Landmarks Chronicle Origins
D. J. O Malley recounts how eastern Montana creeks and buttes got their names. He cites Indian renamings, hunter and cattleman lore, and military figures, listing places such as Crow Rock, White's creek, Deadman, Cow creek, Rattlesnake, Stiller/Stellar creek, Blazer Butte, Froze to Death, Graveyard, Moon creek, and Emmels' creek among others with historical anecdotes and authorities from Miles City and Fort Keogh.
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D. J. O*malley
11Th
United States Infantry
Montana
Elwell Creek
Miles City
Doc” Zahl
Sam Stone
Zahl
Custer County
Stone
Buffalo Rapids
Crow Rock
Asood
Big Horn
Missouri River
Poplar Creek
Missouri
Yellowstone
Death Rock
Fort Keogh
High Walking
Wolf Voice
Col. H. C. Thompson
White’s Creek
Dominick White
North Sunday Creek
Deadman
Doc” Byal
John Rock
Rock
Byal
Redd
Sunday Creek
N—N
LU Bar
Sheep Creek
LA Bar
Porcupine
Forsyth
Frank D. Baldwin
Fifth Infantry
Second
United States Cavalry
Bill Stiller
Harry Blaisdell
Harry
Blaisdell
Sadie Flat
Stagger
Steiger
Frank Steiger
H. C. Thompson
Moon Creek
Hathaway
Rosebud
Whiskey Gulch
N. P
North Sunday
South Sunday
South Sunday Creek
Loui
Scotty
Loui Koym
Frazer
Fort Abraham Lincoln
Dakota Territory
Signal Butte
Keogh
Indian Head
Rosebud River
Sweeney Creek
Rosebud Buttes
Army Signal Department
N.A. Miles
Charles White
E Second Cava
Emmels