Marrowbone Creek (West Virginia) Explained

Marrowbone Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of West Virginia.

Marrowbone Creek was named for an incident when hungry pioneers near the creek ate bone marrow from a buffalo carcass.[1]

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37.8553°N -82.415°W

Notes and References

  1. Book: Kenny, Hamill. West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. 1945. The Place Name Press. Piedmont, WV. 403–404.

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