Cebolla Creek Explained

Cebolla Creek is a stream in Gunnison and Hinsdale counties in Colorado, United States, that is a tributary of the Gunnison River.

The river's name comes from the Native Americans of the area, who relied on wild onions (Spanish: cebolla) as a food source.^[1]

Historical names

• Stream with the White Banks (translated from Ute)^[2]
• Soda Creek - 1873^[2]
• White Earth River - 1874^{[3] [4]}
• Cebolla Creek^[5]

See also

• List of rivers of Colorado

External links

38.4739°N -107.2167°W

Notes and References

1. Book: Dawson, John Frank. Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. 1954. The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co.. Denver, CO. 13.
2. Book: Ruffner, E. H. . Reconnaissance in the Ute country. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report and map of a reconnaissance in the Ute country, made in 1873 by Lieutenant E. H. Ruffner, of the Corps of Engineers. Washington D.C.. U.S. House of Representatives . Ex. Doc. No. 193 . 1884 . 2022-02-09 . 35.
3. Book: Hayden, F. V. . Annual report of the United States Geological and geographical survey of the territories: embracing Colorado and parts of adjacent territories; being a report of progress of the exploration for the year 1874. Washington D.C.. U.S. Department of Interior . 1886 . 2022-02-09.
4. Book: Hayden, F. V. . Western Colorado and part of Utah, Sheet VIII . Geological and Geographical Atlas of Colorado and Portions of Adjacent Territory . Washington D.C.. U.S. Department of the Interior . 1877 . 2022-02-09.
5. 188213 . Cebolla Creek.