| Cajalco Canyon Creek | |
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| Country | United States |
| State | California |
Cajalco Canyon Creek is an ephemeral stream that flows through Cajalco Canyon in the Temescal Mountains of Riverside County, California, United States.[1] It is a tributary to Temescal Wash, itself a tributary to the Santa Ana River. Cajalco is thought to be a Hispanic spelling of the word for "quail" in the languages of the Luiseño and Cahuilla who lived in the area.[2] The word Cajalco is an acronym- California Jalisco Land Company of Los Angeles[3]
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cajalco Canyon
- ^ William Bright, Native American Placenames of the United States, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 2004, p. 76 [ISBN missing]
- ^ Los Angeles Financier, Volume 6, No. 1, August 1, 1908, p. 214