Extract From : The Early History of Greene County, Indiana (1875) By Jack Baber (Chapter XVI - Highland Township) NAMES OF CREEKS AND BRANCHES Richland creek was named for its good bottom lands; Beech Creek for its many beech trees; Kelley's creek for John Kelley, its first settler; Jack's creek was named by old Uncle Henry Jackson; Goose Creek took its name from the old women fussing about geese. Indian Camp Branch was named by the old settlers, on account of the many Indian camps, where Elisha McDaniel now lives; Big Branch was named for its great number of big springs; Mosquito Branch for its wet bottom lands; Dead Hoss branch was first called the Jewell Branch, for Old Mr. Jewell, its first settler. - - The Jewell Branch was afterwards named Dead Hoss, by a party of surveyors on the old central canal, down on the east side of White River. The DOVER branch was named for its first settler, NEELY DOVER; and it is said of him that he moved from that house and left an old hen sitting; changing his location twice during his absence. He finally returned to the first place before the hen had succeeded in hatching out her brood, thereby giving his wife a chance to take care of the chickens. The Beaver Pond near Aunt Katie Ballard's , was named by the old settlers on account of the dams made in the slough by ancient water beavers.