Slip-up Creek

Slip-up Creek
Slip-up Creek just north of its confluence with the Big Sioux River
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CountryUnited States
StateSouth Dakota
CountyMinnehaha County, South Dakota

Slip-up Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of South Dakota. It is a tributary of the Big Sioux River.[1]

According to tradition, the creek was named when a pioneer farmer's tractor "slipped up" while crossing the stream.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Slip-up Creek
  2. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 58.

43°36′00″N 96°39′17″W / 43.60000°N 96.65472°W / 43.60000; -96.65472


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