Clear Creek (Utah)
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Clear Creek is a creek in Utah
which joins the Sevier River
near the city of Sevier
. It flows alongside Interstate 70 just east of where I-70 meets I-15
.
It is best known for its Fremont culture
Native American archaeological finds and Fremont Indian State Park
, which celebrates these finds.
Clear Creek
is also the name of what has almost become a ghost town in the same area.
Utah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
which joins the Sevier River
Sevier River
The Sevier River , extending , is the longest Utah river entirely in the state and drains an extended chain of mountain farming valleys to the intermittent Sevier Lake...
near the city of Sevier
Sevier, Utah
Sevier is an unincorporated community in southwestern Sevier County, Utah, United States. It lies in the valley of the Sevier River along U.S. Route 89 southwest of the city of Richfield, the county seat of Sevier County. Its elevation is 5,584 feet . Although Sevier is unincorporated, it...
. It flows alongside Interstate 70 just east of where I-70 meets I-15
Interstate 15 in Utah
In the U.S. state of Utah, Interstate 15 runs north–south through the southwestern and central portions of the state, passing through many of the population centers of that state, including St. George, Provo, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, the latter three being part of the urban area known as...
.
It is best known for its Fremont culture
Fremont culture
The Fremont culture or Fremont people is a pre-Columbian archaeological culture which received its name from the Fremont River in the U.S. state of Utah where the first Fremont sites were discovered. The Fremont River itself is named for John Charles Frémont, an American explorer. It inhabited...
Native American archaeological finds and Fremont Indian State Park
Fremont Indian State Park
Fremont Indian State Park is a state park of Utah, USA, which interprets archaeological remains of the Fremont culture. The park is located in Sevier County, Utah in the Clear Creek Canyon....
, which celebrates these finds.
Clear Creek
Clear Creek, Utah
Clear Creek is a small census-designated place in Carbon County, Utah, located at the south end of State Route 96 and the Pleasant Valley Branch of the Union Pacific Railroad .-History:...
is also the name of what has almost become a ghost town in the same area.