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Hamilton Creek (Cahuilla Creek tributary)

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Hamilton Creek is a tributary stream of Cahuilla Creek, (itself a tributary of Wilson Creek, Temecula Creek, and the Santa Margarita River), in Riverside County, California. Its mouth is found in the Anza Valley at an elevation of 3,865 feet / 1,178 meters. Its source is at {{coord|33|32|46|N|116|34|36|W|display=inline}} at an elevation of 4,800 feet on the southwest facing slope of Lookout Mountain in the Santa Rosa Mountains.^[1]

History

Hamilton Creek was named after Jim Hamilton, an African American man who settled there after he lost his farm in Butterfield Valley after losing a lawsuit over ownership of the Rancho Pauba in the early 1880s.^[2] Hamilton moved out to the lands of the Cahuilla, where he and two of his sons raised cattle at their ranch in the Anza Valley,^[3] which was first known as the Hamilton Plain. Hamilton School in Anza was also named after him.^[4]^[5]

References

1. ^{{GNIS|243145|Hamilton Creek}}
2. ^Robert L. Carlton, Blacks in San Diego County: A Social Profile, 1850-1880, The Journal of San Diego History, SAN DIEGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY, Volume 21, Number 4, Fall 1975
3. ^{{GNIS|1667899|Anza Valley}}
4. ^Steve Lech, Pioneers of Riverside County: The Spanish, Mexican, and Early American Periods, Arcadia Publishing, Dec 10, 2012, Notes, Chapter 4, note 58.
5. ^{{GNIS|243145|Hamilton Creek}}

2 : Rivers of Riverside County, California|Rivers of Southern California

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