Ladder Creek

Ladder Creek[1]
Origin 38°48′22″N 102°31′19″W / 38.80611°N 102.52194°W
Mouth Confluence with Smoky Hill
38°47′57″N 100°51′36″W / 38.79917°N 100.86000°WCoordinates: 38°47′57″N 100°51′36″W / 38.79917°N 100.86000°W
Progression Smoky Hill—Kansas—
Missouri—Mississippi
Mouth elevation 2,631 ft (802 m)
Basin area 1,407 sq mi (3,640 km2)

Ladder Creek is a 230-mile-long (370 km)[2] stream that flows from a source in Cheyenne County, Colorado to a confluence with the Smoky Hill River in Logan County, Kansas.

Ladder Creek, also known locally as Beaver Creek, was named by a surveying party "who found a ladder imbedded in the grass by the creek, almost hidden. When they tried to pull it out, it broke to pieces. It was a great mystery what use a ladder could be to any one out there. The rounds or steps had been tied to the sides with rawhide. There were notches around the steps and also around the side poles. This was such an important find that the surveying crew called the stream Ladder Creek." ~The Leoti Standard, December 15, 1932

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References

  1. ↑ "Ladder Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-01-30.
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 29, 2011