The creek in
Powderhorn , October 2018
Cebolla Creek is a
stream in
Gunnison and
Hinsdale counties in
Colorado , United States, that is a tributary of the
Gunnison River .
[1]
The river's name comes from the Native Americans of the area, who relied on wild onions (Spanish: cebolla ) as a food source.
[2]
Historical names
Stream with the White Banks (translated from
Ute )
[3]
Soda Creek - 1873
[3]
White Earth River - 1874
[4]
[5]
Cebolla Creek
[6]
See also
References
^
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ceblla Creek
^ Dawson, John Frank (1954).
Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin . Denver, CO: The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 13.
^
a
b Ruffner, E. H. (1884).
Reconnaissance in the Ute country. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report and map of a reconnaissance in the Ute country, made in 1873 by Lieutenant E. H. Ruffner, of the Corps of Engineers . Ex. Doc. No. 193. Washington D.C.: U.S. House of Representatives. p. 35. Retrieved 2022-02-09 .
^ Hayden, F. V. (1886).
Annual report of the United States Geological and geographical survey of the territories: embracing Colorado and parts of adjacent territories; being a report of progress of the exploration for the year 1874 . Washington D.C.: U.S. Department of Interior. Retrieved 2022-02-09 .
^ Hayden, F. V. (1877).
Western Colorado and part of Utah, Sheet VIII . Geological and Geographical Atlas of Colorado and Portions of Adjacent Territory. Washington D.C.: U.S. Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2022-02-09 .
^
"Cebolla Creek" .
Geographic Names Information System .
United States Geological Survey ,
United States Department of the Interior .
External links
Media related to
Cebolla Creek (Colorado) at Wikimedia Commons
38°28′26″N 107°13′00″W / 38.47389°N 107.21667°W / 38.47389; -107.21667