Plum Creek (Cottonwood River tributary)

Plum Creek is a 35.4-mile-long (57.0 km) stream near the city of Walnut Grove, Minnesota. It passes to the northwest of the town, flowing northeasterly to the Cottonwood River, with its waters then flowing to the Minnesota River and eventually the Mississippi River. Plum Creek lends its name to a regional library network.

History

Plum Creek was so named on account of the wild plum (Prunus americana) trees along its course. It was known to the native Sioux as Kaŋ-ta-'o-ta ("plenty of plums").

It is known for being close to the homestead of the Ingalls family of Little House on the Prairie fame, and features in the book On the Banks of Plum Creek. It is also mentioned in the sixth Little House on the Prairie book.

See also

• List of rivers of Minnesota
• List of longest streams of Minnesota

References

External links

• Frontier Girl Trail - Plum Creek

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2. Cottonwood River (Minnesota)
3. List of tributaries of the Missouri River
4. List of rivers of Minnesota
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6. List of rivers of Ohio
7. List of rivers of California
8. List of rivers of South Dakota
9. List of rivers of Colorado
10. Cottonwood Creek (Guadalupe County)
11. Fossil Creek
12. Sacramento River
13. Cuyahoga River
14. Johnson Creek (Willamette River tributary)
15. White River (Missouri River tributary)
16. Riparian zone
17. Grand River (South Dakota)
18. Balch Creek
19. Comanche National Grassland
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