Leopard Creek

Leopard Creek is a stream located entirely within San Miguel County, Colorado.[1]

The creek and Colorado State Highway 62

According to tradition, the sighting of a leopard near the creek accounts for the name.[2]

See also

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Leopard Creek
  2. Dawson, John Frank. 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. 32.


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