, 1924-05-29
HISTORY AND NAMES IN
CARBON COUNTY

OIUnI. ANU NhMLJ in
CARBON COUNTY
Continued from Page IL
who had been here long before the
Union pacific Railroad was built. and
had freighted for the Stage Com
pany from Omaha to Salt Lake City.
After tho railroad w4s built and
the Overland Stage Company aban-
doned, Mr.. Ernest settled on the
site Of the stage company's property
At the crossing OF the North Platte
River, which IL now known ~ the
pick ranch, I asked these gentle
men II they knew how Jack creek
came by It's name, and they inform
ed me that IN early times q trapper
named Jack or JaQues had lived
upon 1t. When we located our ranch
there was the ruins of a small cabin.
in a small grove of alders, which had
been destroyed by fire, all that re-
NAMED was the four bottom logs
and the stone fire place. Perhaps
this was the cabin that Jack lived
in.-H. D. Blydenburgh.
LAKOTA.]ust east of the site
OIL Olu ocuLOH. AL " SdlhP Will
a refinery. Named for a character
sand" The Sioux Indians were call
ed Lakota meaning Indian" o.
"Sioux."
LEO T, 26, R. SO. (Informa-
ton wanted.)
LOREY.-T. 90, R. "a. (%1nfor-
nation wanted.)
LOST CABIN.-A mythical local
ity bearing gold. Not yet discovered.
LOST SOLDIER CREEK.-Named
for the fact that soldier from Fort
Fred Steele had been lost near or on
the stream. Located in the north
west corner of the county.
MCDONALD PEAK.-T. 25, R. IS.
Information wanted.)
McFADDEN.- Originally named
Ohio City, named for a prominent
member Of the oil company. (See
Ohio City,
MEADS.-T. 20, r. SO, a station
on the Saratoga and Encampment
railroad.
MEDICINE BOW.-T. %, R. rs,
a station on the Union Pacific at the
junction OF the road that used to
come to Rock Creek. The claimed
locality where Owen Wister's "vir-
ginian" changed the babies at a cow
boy dance. A sizeable stone hotel
called 1.-The Virginian" is of special
interest. Medicine Bow is a ship
ping point for freight to the ranches
north. An incorporated town taking
its name from the mountain.
MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAIN. -
The name Medicine Bow Mountains.
u~r. ~ %k1 CN~4~t1 n{ptlD &C.
derived from the Indians. Tradition
ed annually to these mountains for
OF ash timber from which they made
thing that is excellent for the pur-
pose for which 1t was intended is
called Good Medicine; hence this
range of mountains came to be
known as the place where they could
get Good Medicine bows. Medicine
Bow mountains and Medicine Bow
river naturally followed.
MEDICINE BOW NATURAL
FOREST.-Set aside BY Act OF the
United States Of May 20. 1907 and
MEDic1NE BOW R1vER.-(see
MOUNT BALD.-T. rs. R. 81.
(See Bald.)
MULLEN CREEK.-Rises in
Medicine Bow range. flows south
west. through the yard OF the A. H.
ranch into the North Platte river
about IS or 40 miles southeast OF
Saratoga. Named for a tie con-
tractor.
MURKY LAKE. - T. 10, r. 80.
named for James Murky who had a
nearby camp.
NICKELL.-A siding on the Sar-
atoga and Encampment railroad five
miles north of Saratoga. Named for
Nels p. Nickel who originally owned
the land.
NORTH PLATTE RIVER The
upper branch Of the Platte in Ne
braska. The North Platte has its
rise in northern Colorado and Is fed
by the streams from the Medicine
Bow mountain to tho east and the
Sierra Medre range to the west. De-
rives its name Platte from the
French. plate. meaning dull. shall
low" q name sinEularly applicable
to this stream. The tributaries Of
this river and all the streams In
this county at me time abounded
In beaver being trapped by the early
fur traders. Of which Jim Baker
and Jim Bridger were leaders and
chiefs. In speaking OF Carbon. Mr..
Henry Jone< r~ecentlv aid nv lattar