- Billy's Creek
Billy’s Creek is a creek in
Fort Myers ,Florida . It is a tributary of theCaloosahatchee River [cite book |title=Edison in Florida: The Green Laboratory |last=Thulesius |first=Olav |year=1997 |publisher=University Press of Florida |isbn=0813015219 |pages=p. 67 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=S8sPfzlWb5wC&pg=RA1-PA67&dq=%22Billy%27s+Creek%22+%2Bmyers&lr=&num=100&client=firefox-a&sig=G_-bMh0QvEVeXh9nudyDi2Lwd20 ] and containsmangrove vegetation. [cite book |title=Bulletin of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia |author=Geographical Society of Philadelphia |year=1912 |publisher=Geographical Society of Philadelphia |pages=p. 237 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=ZSh9Fk5N-1AC&q=%22Billy's+Creek%22+%2Bmyers&dq=%22Billy's+Creek%22+%2Bmyers&lr=&num=100&client=firefox-a&pgis=1 ] The creek was named after theSeminole chiefBilly Bowlegs [cite book |title=Florida Highways |author=Florida State RoadDept |year=1923 |publisher=J.E.Robinson |pages=p. 35 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=0VYPAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Billy's+Creek%22+%2Bmyers&dq=%22Billy's+Creek%22+%2Bmyers&lr=&num=100&client=firefox-a&pgis=1 ] who was forced to surrender there byUnited States forces in 1858. [cite book |title=The Complete Idiot's Guide to Native American History |last=Fleming |first=Walter C. |year=2003 |publisher=Alpha Books |isbn=0028644697 |pages=p. 123 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=JsSTR00o_ewC&pg=PA123&dq=%22Billy%27s+Creek%22+%2Bflorida&num=100&client=firefox-a&sig=FNFi9UZY0hZuXBe7Xb1nKCp0OuM#PPA123,M1 ]References
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