Dry Wood Creek

Dry Wood Creek is a stream in Bourbon County, Kansas and Vernon County, Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the Marmaton River. The confluence is approximately 1.5 miles northeast of Deerfield.[2]

Not to be confused with Drywood Creek.

Dry Wood Creek was named for the dried-out wood that burned there during a period of drought, according to local history.[3]

The Battle of Dry Wood Creek was fought on the Missouri side in 1861.[4]

See also

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dry Wood Creek
  2. Moundville, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1991
  3. Lyman, Clifford (16 July 1976). "Names' Past Cloudy". Fort Scott Tribune. pp. 13B. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  4. Roberts, Anita L.; Roberts, Savannah G. (2012). Wilson's Creek National Battlefield: Civil War Collection. Arcadia Publishing. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-7385-9106-3.

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