American Horse Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of South Dakota.[1]

Some say the creek bears the name of American Horse, an Oglala Lakota chief, while others believe the creek derives its name from an incident involving a certain Indian horse thief and his "American horses".[2]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: American Horse Creek
  2. ↑ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.3. University of South Dakota. p. 6.

43°26′20″N 102°11′47″W / 43.43889°N 102.19639°W / 43.43889; -102.19639


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