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Negro Creek descends into [[Hualapai]] flat.
::: '''Note:''' U.S. Department of the Interior Secretarial Order [https://www.doi.gov/sites/doi.gov/files/elips/documents/so-3404-508.pdf 3404] dated November 19, 2021 has declared "Squaw" a derogatory term and is implementing procedures to change the name.  Details are at [https://www.usgs.gov/us-board-on-geographic-names U.S. Board on Geographic Names].  See also the [https://www.usgs.gov/us-board-on-geographic-names/domestic-names monthly minutes and review lists] and [[Renaming offensive placenames]].


Negro Creek passes through [[Iveson Ranch]], crosses [[Highway 34]] and descends into [[Hualapai]] flat.
At one time, Negro Creek was likely McNamara Creek.  In 1996, Ray. M. Smith states that in the 1881 map, [[McNamara Creek]] was downgraded from a river to a creek and that McNamara Creek is probably now Donnelly Creek.  An enigmatic footnote states that probably Donnelly Creek was named after an Army Captain who was at [[Camp McGarry|Fort McGarry]] who disappeared with his patrol group and that they were never found.<ref>''Nevada's Northwest Corner: The Black Rock Country of Northern Humboldt, Pershing and Washoe Counties,'', Ray M. Smith, p. 40, 1996.</ref>  Review of military and newspaper records has found no mention of this.
==References==
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==External links==
* GNIS
* GNIS
** [[http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:847190 Negro Creek]]
** [https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/847190 Negro Creek]
*** Alternate Name: A perjorative word, "Original township survey plats, published in the 1800's. 1913"
*** Alternate Name: A perjorative word, "[http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/details/survey/default.aspx?dm_id=355131&sid=0j32qyqh.xnv#surveyDetailsTabIndex=1 Original township survey plats, published in the 1800's. 1913]" Probably T36 R22. 
*** Alternate Name: "McNamara Creek" Citation "'Nevada': 1881, scale 1 inch=24 miles. A photocopy with no additional information available, Nevada Historical Society document."
*** Alternate Name: "McNamara Creek" Citation "'Nevada': 1881, scale 1 inch=24 miles. A photocopy with no additional information available, Nevada Historical Society document."
 
**** See 1863 [http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~1260~110042:DeGroot-s-Map-Of-Nevada-Territory-E DeGroot's map of Nevada] (David Rumsey)
**** See [http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/s/5bd142 California and Nevada], 1881 Map, Gibbs.
**** See [http://www.loc.gov/item/98688513/ 1893 Rand McNally map]
**** McNamara could be a misreading of McNamey, who was a companion of Fredonyer, see [[Ladden Cone]] and [[Mount Observation]].
** [https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/863263 Negro Creek Reservoir]
*** Alternate Name: A perjorative word, "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Dams and Reservoirs List, Washington, DC. 17-Feb-1981. A listing of impounded bodies of water and associated information"
*** The Latitude and longitude of Negro Creek Reservoir (40.9482323, -119.3876884)is very close to [https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/849990 Iveson Reservoir] (40.9485593, -119.3910654).  Iveson Reservoir is what appears on recent topo maps
** [https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/849989 Negro Creek Ranch]
*** Very close to [https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/850132 Iveson Ranch GNIS entry].
* "Negro Creek" appears in the 1909-1910 [http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/hmaps,1368 Section 34, T37 R22]
* "Middle Branch of Negro Creek" appears in the 1894 [http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/hmaps,1367 Section 11-14, T37 R22]
* [http://distantcousin.com/Directories/NV/Washoe/1936/Pages.asp?Page=016 Washoe County, Nevada 1936 Tax List Page 016 for Negro Creek]
* [http://distantcousin.com/Directories/NV/Washoe/1936/Pages.asp?Page=016 Washoe County, Nevada 1936 Tax List Page 016 for Negro Creek]
** Barker, Carey, Bruce, Clark, Codd, Frizzell, Gerlach, Gregory, Hutchinson, Iveson, King, Melody, Patterson, Schmitt, Turnbow
** Barker, Carey, Bruce, Clark, Codd, Frizzell, Gerlach, Gregory, Hutchinson, Iveson, King, Melody, Patterson, Schmitt, Turnbow
* "Negro Creek" appears in the 1894 [https://www.nv.blm.gov/LandRecords/view.php?loc=data/survey/rectangular/plats/rectplatimagespdf/nv210360n0220e00001a.pdf Section 28, T36 R22] '''Earliest original reference'''
* "Negro Creek" appears in [https://www.nv.blm.gov/LandRecords/view.php?loc=data/survey/rectangular/plats/rectplatimagespdf/nv210360n0230e00001a.pdf T36 R33]
* Appears in [https://www.nv.blm.gov/LandRecords/view.php?loc=data/survey/rectangular/plats/rectplatimagespdf/nv210350n0230e00002a.pdf T35 R23] 1913

Latest revision as of 17:19, 31 January 2024

Note: U.S. Department of the Interior Secretarial Order 3404 dated November 19, 2021 has declared "Squaw" a derogatory term and is implementing procedures to change the name. Details are at U.S. Board on Geographic Names. See also the monthly minutes and review lists and Renaming offensive placenames.

Negro Creek passes through Iveson Ranch, crosses Highway 34 and descends into Hualapai flat.

At one time, Negro Creek was likely McNamara Creek. In 1996, Ray. M. Smith states that in the 1881 map, McNamara Creek was downgraded from a river to a creek and that McNamara Creek is probably now Donnelly Creek. An enigmatic footnote states that probably Donnelly Creek was named after an Army Captain who was at Fort McGarry who disappeared with his patrol group and that they were never found.[1] Review of military and newspaper records has found no mention of this.

References

  1. ↑ Nevada's Northwest Corner: The Black Rock Country of Northern Humboldt, Pershing and Washoe Counties,, Ray M. Smith, p. 40, 1996.

External links

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