Armells Creek (Missouri River tributary)

Armells Creek (Gros Ventre: ʔɔθééíhɔ́ɔ́ɔ́wuh kɔhʔɔ́wuh, lit. 'medicine lodge creek'[1]) is a stream in Fergus County, in the U.S. state of Montana.[2] It is a tributary of the Missouri River.

Armells Creek was named for Augustin Hamell, a fur trader.[3] The extinct town of Armells, Montana was located near the creek.[4]

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References
  1. Cowell, A.; Taylor, A.; Brockie, T. "Gros Ventre ethnogeography and place names: A diachronic perspective". Anthropological Linguistics. 58 (2): 132–170. doi:10.1353/anl.2016.0025.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Armells Creek (Missouri River tributary)
  3. Aarstad, Rich; Arguimbau, Ellen; Baumler, Ellen (2009). Montana Place Names from Alzada to Zortman. Montana Historical Society. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-9759196-1-3.
  4. "Origins of Names on Milwaukee". Roundup Record-Tribune & Winnett Times. August 22, 1940. p. 6. Retrieved 27 April 2015.

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