Hardscrabble Creek is a tributary of the
Arkansas River that flows from
Custer County, Colorado near
Wetmore to its mouth in
Fremont County, Colorado, near
Florence.
It was previously called Rio Peñasco Amarillo.
Four Hardscrabble Creek streams are found in the Hardscrabble Mountain and
Wetmore area:
* North Hardscrabble Creek
* Middle Hardscrabble Creek
* South Fork North Hardscrabble Creek
* South Hardscrabble Creek start at Hardscrabble Mountain.
See also
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Fort Le Duc
Fort Le Duc or Fort LeDuc was a square fort and trading post built near Wetmore, Colorado. It was named after trapper Maurice LeDuc or Maurice LeDoux, and constructed around 1830 or 1835.
Geography
The fort was located by the junction of Mineral C ...
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Hardscrabble Mountain
Hardscrabble Mountain is a summit located in Custer County, Colorado with an elevation of . It is one of the peaks in Wet Mountains
The Wet Mountains are a small mountain range in southern Colorado, named for the amount of snow they receive in ...
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List of highest counties in the United States
The following table ranks the 50 highest United States counties or county-equivalents by mean elevation. This list uses the "mean of extremes" elevation which is the arithmetic mean of the highest and lowest elevations. The highest U.S. county b ...
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List of highest U.S. county high points
References
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Tributaries of the Arkansas River
Geography of Fremont County, Colorado
Geography of Custer County, Colorado