Rawhide Creek

Rawhide Creek is a stream in Douglas, Washington, Dodge, and Colfax counties, Nebraska, in the United States.[1]

According to legend, Rawhide Creek was named in about 1849 on account of a man who was burned to death there by Indians, his skin resembling rawhide.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rawhide Creek
  2. ↑ Buss, William Henry; Osterman, Thomas T. (1921). History of Dodge and Washington Counties, Nebraska, and Their People. American Historical Society. p. 55.


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