Bishop Creek is a stream in Yosemite National Park, United States.[1] It is a tributary of the South Fork Merced River.
Bishop Creek was named for Samuel Addison Bishop of the Mariposa Battalion who settled near its banks.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bishop Creek (Mariposa County, California)
- ^ Browning, Peter (2005). Yosemite Place Names: The Historic Background of Geographic Names in Yosemite National Park. Great West Books. p. 13. ISBN 978-0-944220-19-1.
37°36′27″N 119°43′16″W / 37.60763°N 119.72103°W
 | This Mariposa County, California–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |