Jacks Defeat Creek

Jacks Defeat Creek is a stream in Monroe County, Indiana, in the United States.[1] It is a tributary of Beanblossom Creek.

Jacks Defeat Creek was so named from an incident when two men, Jack Storm and Jack Ketcham were crossing the creek on horseback and both became stuck in the mud.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jacks Defeat Creek
  2. ↑ Indiana State Teachers Association (1914). Readings in Indiana history. Published by Indiana University. p. 144.


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