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::: '''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]].
::: '''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
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
** [https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/847190 Negro Creek]
** [https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/847190 Negro Creek]

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.

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