Cebolla Creek

Cebolla Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Colorado, and is a tributary of the Gunnison River.[1]

The creek in Powderhorn, Colorado

The river's name comes from the Native Americans of the area, who relied on wild onions (Spanish: cebolla) as a food source.[2]

Historical names
  • Stream with the White Banks (translated from Ute)[3]
  • Soda Creek - 1873[3]
  • White Earth River - 1874[4][5]
  • Cebolla Creek[6]

See also

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cebolla Creek
  2. Dawson, John Frank (1954). Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. Denver, CO: The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 13.
  3. Ruffner, E. H. (1884). Reconnaissance in the Ute country. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report and map of a reconnaissance in the Ute country, made in 1873 by Lieutenant E. H. Ruffner, of the Corps of Engineers. Ex. Doc. No. 193. Washington D.C.: U.S. House of Representatives. p. 35. Retrieved 2022-02-09.
  4. Hayden, F. V. (1886). Annual report of the United States Geological and geographical survey of the territories: embracing Colorado and parts of adjacent territories; being a report of progress of the exploration for the year 1874. Washington D.C.: U.S. Department of Interior. Retrieved 2022-02-09.
  5. Hayden, F. V. (1877). Western Colorado and part of Utah, Sheet VIII. Geological and Geographical Atlas of Colorado and Portions of Adjacent Territory. Washington D.C.: U.S. Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2022-02-09.
  6. "Cebolla Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.


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