Information About

Deadwood Creek

Quick Facts

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Location

65 ° 32' 3.998" N,
144 ° 38' 2" W

Region

Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)

Nearest City

Circle Hot Springs

Elevation

771 ft (235 m)

Deadwood Creek in Detail.

About

flows NE to Crooked Creek, 26 mi. SW of Circle, Yukon-Tanana High. 16 miles long.

History

Local name reported in 1896 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as "Hogem" or "Deadwood Creek" (Spurr, 1898, pl. 50). "Hog'em Gulch received its name from the fact that the discoverer tried to hold a large part of the richest diggings, taking up separate claims for the whole of his numerous family, and, it is said by some, for fictitious personages. When other miners came to the gulch and a meeting was held, among other things the question of naming the diggings came up. and one miner suggested that'Hog'em' would be appropriate. This suggestion was not officially adopted, and the name Deadwood was given the gulch as being more dignified, but the original nickname has persisted and among most of the miners is used almost exclusively." (Spurr, 1898, p. 342).