This stream is tributary to Smoke Creek near the California/Nevada border. The name dates back to the 1850s, referred to by travelers along the Noble Emigrant Trail. The name may have had its origin from attacks by Indians  and the ermigrants along the trail. In 1863, during the Kidder & Ives state boundary line suervey, their report made reference to this locale after a skirmish with Indians and note, “The Indians rushed to the rocks to give us a warm reception.”

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