Stampede Creek

Names

• Stampede Creek ^nw
• Railroad Creek ⁿ⁹
• Martin Creek ^nw
• Meany Creek ^nw
• Tunnel Creek ⁿ⁹

Description

It’s all the same creek; The one coming down over the RR tunnel entrance in a spectacular waterfall. The different names have appeared on different old maps. ^nw

Sources

• The 1903 USGS map show Stampede Creek as the lower section that this creek joins just below the John Wayne.
• The 1989 USGS map has it as “Stampede Creek.“
• USGS maps from 1990-2020 have no name.

History

2022

Our youth have named the waterfall referenced above “Phrog Phalls |frog falls|.” ^ks

1984

Meanyites often refer to it as “Railroad Creek.” ^nw