Blue Tent Creek

Blue Tent Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of California.^[1] The stream flows for 9.5 miles (15.3 km) before it empties into the Sacramento River.^[1]

Two traditions attempt to explain the name "Blue Tent Creek": firstly, it may derive its name from the blue tent of a local prospector; secondly that it was named after a blue tent which was a landmark on a local stagecoach route.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Blue Tent Creek
^ "Place Names" (PDF). Tehama County Department of Education. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 May 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2018.

40°12′21″N 122°12′57″W / 40.2058°N 122.2158°W / 40.2058; -122.2158

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[GNIS-1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Blue Tent Creek

[2] "Place Names" (PDF). Tehama County Department of Education. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 May 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2018.

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