Deception Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Colorado.[1]
Deception Creek was named for quicksand along its course which frequently killed livestock.[2]
See also
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edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Deception Creek
- ^ Dawson, John Frank. Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. Denver, CO: The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 17.