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Lost Dog Creek

Coordinates: 43°41′30″N 101°55′37″W / 43.69167°N 101.92694°W / 43.69167; -101.92694
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Lost Dog Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of South Dakota.[1]

Some say Lost Dog Creek was named from an incident when a dog ran away from a nearby settlement, while others believe the name recalls an incident when an Indian heard a lost dog howling near the creek.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lost Dog Creek
  2. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.3. University of South Dakota. p. 42.

43°41′30″N 101°55′37″W / 43.69167°N 101.92694°W / 43.69167; -101.92694