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Greasy Rock Creek

Coordinates: 36°30′57″N 83°12′54″W / 36.515922°N 83.214897°W / 36.515922; -83.214897
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Greasy Rock Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Tennessee.[1]

According to tradition, pioneers would lie on a rock while drinking from the creek. The bear grease on the pioneers' clothing transferred to the rock, hence the name Greasy Rock Creek.[2]

References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Greasy Rock Creek
  2. ^ Haywood, John (1891). The Civil and Political History of the State of Tennessee from Its Earliest Settlement Up to the Year 1796: Including the Boundaries of the State. W.H. Haywood. p. 48.

36°30′57″N 83°12′54″W / 36.515922°N 83.214897°W / 36.515922; -83.214897