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“ It is apparent from a War Department map of 1887 that when the name was changed to Rock ville, the office was moved eastward two or three miles. Thomas Lang was an early day sheep raiser in the Heppner area and he carried on part of his activities near lower Rock Creek in what is now Gilliam County. Later he was a well-known citizen at The Dalles. He used a canyon to the northeast of Rockville to get his wool down to the Col umbia River boats, and this canyon is still known as Lang Canyon. Scotts post office referred to above was apparently the first post office in what is now Gilliam County. ”

“ Many miners came to eastern Oregon from the Sierra Nevada region of California and the compiler is of the opinion that Auburn, Oregon, was named for the well-known California mining town, which was in turn named by miners who came from Auburn, New York. ”

“ The name of this office was changed to Lancaster on May 7, 1866, when Joseph S. Lyman was postmaster. It seems probable that this office was at or near the place called Lancaster, which is just southwest of Harrisburg. Walling in his Illustrated History of Lane County, page 458, says that in the early '50s a man named Woody started a house of enter tainment in this locality and called it Woodyville. The term house of entertainment seems to have been a fancy name for a roadhouse. Walling also says that Johnson Mulkey bought the property, changed the name to Lancaster and built a sawmill. ”

“ It was situated a few miles northeast of Silver Lake, and is said to have been named for the Indian arrowheads found in the vicinity. The office was established May 21, 1910, with Edith Reigel postmaster. It was discontinued February 28, 1918. AUBURN, Baker County. Gold was found on Griffin Creek in Octo ber, 1861, and within a few weeks the eastern Oregon gold rush was in full fever. Thousands of miners and prospectors poured into the Blue Mountains and also into parts of Idaho where there were similar discoveries. A camp sprang up in the Blue Canyon district a little south of Griffin Creek. ”

“ Wheth the Biblical name for religious reasons or because of the Mount Zion about a mile to the southeast the writer cannot was no community at Mount Zion, which was named abo Jones may have adopted the unusual form Zion Town to was the community or trading center for Mount Zion. When a post office was desired in the late '80s postal a would not use the name Zion, on the grounds of confusion t result from duplication. ”

“ In December, 1945, J. H. Scott of Nehalem wrote the compiler in part as follows: "The valley was discovered by John Hunt and E. K. Stovell, who were hunting elk on the North Fork and followed a trail east over the ridge and down into an unknown valley where they found and shot several elk. ”

“ After Fairview office in Coos County was closed, the name of Cleone office in Multnomah Count was changed to Fairview in 1914. FAREWELL BEND, Baker and Malheur counties. Farewell Bend on Snake River is where westbound immigrants turned northwestward from the river and took a pass through the hills to the present site of Huntington on Burnt River. Farewell Bend was nramed in the days of the pioneers. Today the Oregon Trail paved highway leaves Snake River at the same point and passes through the gap in the hills to Huntington. The geographic situation is the saine as it was a century ago. ”

“ The spelling of the more modern community on the coast of Palestine is generally given as Jaffa. JORDAN POINT, Coos County. When the USGS mapped the Coo Bay quadrangle in 1895-96, it applied the name Jordan Point to a feature on the east side of Coos Bay just north of the mouth of Ke tuck Slough. This name was supposed to be derived from James Jo dan, an early settler who ranged Kentuck Slough as a hunter for th North Bend mill. See Dodge's Pioneer History of Coos and Curry Counties, page 358. ”

“ The stream referred to ing rises south of Stony Point and flows south into Siusla in the west part of the county. Writing of this stream, Lane County Engineer, under date of August 4, 1943, usually been called Camp Creek, as it has been a favo spot during the summer and for the hunters during the CANNERY MOUNTAIN, Lincoln County. Cannery Mo tion 1065 feet, is on the south side of Siletz River ab southeast of the present site of Kernville. ”

“ Nathan B. Jones was born in Salem, New Hampshire, Four years after he settled at the place now called Sylva dwelling called the Hermitage, which was destroyed by f Jones was considered to be an eccentric hermit. ”

“ However, a diligent search of military records fails to bring to light any mention of such a camp, and there is no mention of it in campaign reports. Modern maps show Camp Carson in quite a different location. ”

“ Old maps show Spikenard on the upper reaches of Evans Creek in township 34 south, range 2 west, but the exact location is a little indefinite. Dictionaries give several definitions of the word spikenard, includ ing an ancient aromatic ointment, an essential oil or one of a number of plants allied to the valerian. ”