Crazy Woman Creek
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| Crazy Woman Creek | |
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| Location | Johnson County, Wyoming |
| Coordinates | 44°29′0″N 106°7′56″W / 44.48333°N 106.13222°W |
| Type | Creek |
| River sources | Powder River |
| Surface area | 926.982 kilometres (576.000 mi) |
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Crazy Woman Creek is a creek in the United States, in Johnson County, Wyoming.
There are several legends about the name.[1] It was the site of a trading post and the site of battles in the American Indian Wars. It was also a locale of the Johnson County War, in which cattle barons started ruthlessly persecuting alleged rustlers in the area through hired killers.
An FAA-operated VOR navigation beacon, named after this area, is located about seven miles (11 km) southeast of the creek. Crazy Woman VOR's FAA three-letter station designator is CZI.
The creek that winds and twists for a long distance is large enough that it is broken into three sections, an upper, middle and lower section.
