Tanners Creek

Tanners Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Indiana.[1] It is a 17-mile (27 km) long tributary to the Ohio River.[1]

Not to be confused with Tanner Creek.

Tanners Creek was named after John Tanner Jr., a pioneer settler who was captured by Indians.[2]

The Tanner's Creek Generating Station operated on the banks of Tanners Creek until it closed in 2015.

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tanners Creek
  2. Shaw, Archibald (1915). History of Dearborn County, Indiana. Unigraphic. p. 77.

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