Eastwood Creek
Eastwood Creek in San Diego County, California is a tributary of Coleman Creek that arises in the Cuyamaca Mountains, at the north face of the gold bearing mountain north of Julian .[1] From the source Eastwood Creek descends northwesterly a short distance, then turns southwest down a canyon to its confluence with Coleman Creek, just below the site of Branson City.[2]
History
Site of placer mining and mining camps along its banks from late 1869 into the early 1870s, Eastwood Creek was named for the mining town site Eastwood that Joseph Stancliff planned northwest of Julian, but which failed to thrive, similarly to Branson City. Eastwood gave its name to the creek and a nearby hill.[3]
References
- ^ USGS Map Name: Julian, CA, Map Center: N33° 5' 7" W116° 36' 10" from topoquest.com accessed 3/14/2013
- ^ USGS Map Name: Julian, CA, Map Center: N33° 4' 55" W116° 37' 20" from topoquest.com accessed 3/14/2013
- ^ Leland Fetzer, San Diego County Place Names, A To Z; Sunbelt Publications, Inc., San Diego, 2005, p. 40