History of Deadwood Creek

Local name reported in 1896 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as "Hogem" or "Deadwood Creek" (Spurr, 1898, pl. 50). "Hog'em Gulch received its name from the fact that the discoverer tried to hold a large part of the richest diggings, taking up separate claims for the whole of his numerous family, and, it is said by some, for fictitious personages. When other miners came to the gulch and a meeting was held, among other things the question of naming the diggings came up. and one miner suggested that'Hog'em' would be appropriate. This suggestion was not officially adopted, and the name Deadwood was given the gulch as being more dignified, but the original nickname has persisted and among most of the miners is used almost exclusively." (Spurr, 1898, p. 342).

Found on the following Topo Maps

Places Near Deadwood Creek

Pitkas Bar,

Central, Circle Hot Springs,

Little Medicine Lake, Medicine Lake,

Boulder Hill, Ketchem Dome,

Mary Louise Fork,

Albert Creek, Big Mosquito Creek, Bottom Dollar Creek, Buckley Bar Creek, Crooked Creek, Deadwood Creek, Easley Creek, East Albert Creek, Graveyard Creek, Greenhorn Creek, Half Dollar Creek, Harrison Creek, Holdem Creek, Hot Springs Creek, Jumpoff Creek, Ketchem Creek, Little Mosquito Creek, North Fork Crazy Creek, Portage Creek, Portage Creek, Quartz Creek, Sheep Creek, Traverse Creek, Two-bit Creek,

Nugget Gulch,

Circle Hot Springs Station,