Dry Wood Creek is a stream in Bourbon County, Kansas and Vernon County, Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the Marmaton River. The confluence is approximately 1.5 miles northeast of Deerfield.[2]
Dry Wood Creek was named for the dried-out wood that burned there during a period of drought, according to local history.[3]
The Battle of Dry Wood Creek was fought on the Missouri side in 1861.[4]
^U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dry Wood Creek
^Lyman, Clifford (16 July 1976). "Names' Past Cloudy". Fort Scott Tribune. pp. 13B. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
^Roberts, Anita L.; Roberts, Savannah G. (2012). Wilson's Creek National Battlefield: Civil War Collection. Arcadia Publishing. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-7385-9106-3.
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