Texas Creek’s beginning can be traced in the early 1800’s. This era was the heyday of the cattle industry. Texas Creek got its name by two cattlemen, Joe Lamb and Nat Rich. They were taking a herd of longhorn Texas steers to California Gulch to be sold for meat. On their long, rugged journey to California, the two decided to camp by a creek that joined the Arkansas River. During the night, the herd was startled by a mountain lion and stampeded through out the creek. Some of the herd was never found. After their ordeal, Joe Lamb and Nat Rich named the creek “Texas Creek”.
