Cowskin Creek

Cowskin Creek
Stream
The junction of Beaver and Cowskin creeks west of Arno. Looking southeast from Beaver Creek bridge, Cowskin entering from behind gravel bar on the left.
Country United States
State Missouri
Region Douglas and Webster counties
Source
 - coordinates 37°05′31″N 92°41′48″W / 37.09194°N 92.69667°W / 37.09194; -92.69667
Mouth
 - elevation 1,040 ft (317 m)
 - coordinates 36°56′19″N 92°44′31″W / 36.93861°N 92.74194°W / 36.93861; -92.74194Coordinates: 36°56′19″N 92°44′31″W / 36.93861°N 92.74194°W / 36.93861; -92.74194
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Cowskin Creek is a stream in northwest Douglas and extreme southeastern Webster counties of Missouri.[1] Cowskin has its headwaters in southeast Webster County west of Cedar Gap and is a tributary to Beaver Creek which it joins just west of the Arno store. The stream is bridged by Missouri Route 14 just east of the junction with Missouri Route K.[2]

According to tradition, a pioneer citizen skinned cows who had died of disease near this creek.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cowskin Creek
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p.63, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ "Douglas County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.


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