Oregon Geographic Names
By LEWIS A. MCARTHUR
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
For introductory note by the editor of the Oregon
Historical Society Quarterly and for preface by Mr. McArthur , see page 309 of the Quarterly for December , 1925. Mr. McArthur is particularly anxious for corrections , criticisms and additions , for this and the pre vious number , and will welcome such addressed to him at Gasco Building , Portland , Oregon . - EDITOR Quarterly .
CORRECTIONS
Some typographical errors crept into the first installment of this work and some misinformation has been pointed out . These are outlined below . The page numbers indicate the location of the material in the Quarterly for December, 1925.
Page 314. The best information seems to indicate
that the correct spelling of the pioneer settlement at
Albany was Takenah and not Takena .
Page 314. The information printed under the heading Albee has been revised and appears in this installment .
Page 319. Ankeny Bottom . The writer is of the
opinion that Henry E. Ankeny came to Oregon about
1850 rather than 1852 .
Page 326. Azalea , Douglas County . Supplemental
information about this name will be found in this installment .
Page 328. Baker County . The information printed
about Colonel E. D. Baker is apparently somewhat scant
as several have suggested that it should be amplified . It
will be when this material is reprinted . It is interesting
to note that he had been made a major - general just before
he was killed .
Page 333. Barrett. The writer is advised that Dr. Barrett settled in the Hood River Valley in 1871 and that he died in 1900.
Page 339. Bend . See supplemental information in this number .
Page 345. About half way down the page is an absurd typographical error. The entry for August 8 should be 1811 and not 1911.
Page 349. Bradford Island . It should have been
noted that Lewis and Clark called this island Strawberry
Island and it was so known for some time . For details
of the fight with Indians on this island see Oregon
Pioneer Association Trasactions 1896 .
Page 352. Buena Vista . Information under this item
has been revised and is reprinted in this installment .
Page 368. Cape Kiwanda . The writer is informed
that John W. Meldrum of Oregon City stated that Kiwanda was the name of a local Indian chief , and had nothing to do with the meaning Wind Mountain occasionally attributed to it .
Page 349. The Washington legislature has officially
cut the final “e” off Clark in the spelling of Clark County .
Page 400. Coe Glacier . Here is an unintentional
blunder . Captain Henry Coe is the correct name, and
not George.
Page 404. Another blunder. Archibald McDonald
was of the Hudson's Bay Company.
Page 418. Ed Croisan of Salem says his father was
born in Munich in 1812. Land office records indicate
that he was born in 1817 , but the latter may be in
error as the handwriting on the old records is not always
spencerian in character .
Page 420. Cucamonga Creek . The writer is advised
that this stream was named by Mrs. Dolly Kiger . Her
reasons for so doing are unknown .
Page 421. Culver . The original site of Culver post
office was about five miles east of the present location .
PART II .
ABBOTT BURN , Clackamas County . Abbott Burn was
named for James Abbott , a well known stockman of
Wapinitia . It is near the headwaters of Salmon River .
ABBOTT BUTTE , Douglas and Jackson Counties . The
following quotation from a letter written the writer by
Captain 0. C. Applegate , of Klamath Falls , indicates the
origin of this name : " In very early times Hiram Abbott , usually known as Hi . Abbott , was , I believe , a resident of Big Butte Creek , or of that vicinity, and had some employment , as a sub -agent , perhaps , with the Rogue River Indians . He never was in any way connected with the Indian service on the Klamath reservation . I am of the impression that Abbott Butte on the Umpqua divide was named for him . "