Paint Creek (Kansas)
Paint Creek is a stream in Bourbon County, Kansas, in the United States.[1]
Paint Creek was named from the fact Native Americans used ochre in this creek as body paint.[2]
See also
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Paint Creek (Kansas)
- ^ Lyman, Clifford (16 July 1976). "Names' Past Cloudy". Fort Scott Tribune. pp. 13B. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
37°48′10″N 94°48′54″W / 37.802819°N 94.814966°W