(Independent 1934)
A creek that carried off snow water and heavy rains had a regular -purse through Carrington in those early days. It started near the Old George Hall farm buildings and cut a winding course through the west side of town, turning in back of the Chaffee machine shed and flowing into a fair sized pool near the Jim Derrick house at the northwest edge of town, and another deep pool north of the coal dock. Then it wound off in an easterly direction toward the Stambaugh farm and finally fed into the Kelly Creek in the Bordulac region. This creek flowed for a few weeks in the early spring and then dried up for the year, except during the heavy rains. Most of the water shed is picked up now by the city storm sewers. (There is still some flow during the early spring.)
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 16