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Rifle Creek

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Rifle Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Colorado.[1]

Rifle Creek was named from an incident when a rifle was found along its banks.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rifle Creek
  2. ^ Dawson, John Frank. Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. Denver, CO: The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 43.