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 ion this means up the main route of travel, for there was no road up Cow Creek itself. Eight miles south along the route of travel would put Camp Gordon somewhere on Canyon Creek south of Canyonville. The camp was in command of Captain Samuel Gordon and was doubtless named for him.

CAMP GROUND, Multnomah County. Camp Ground post office was established May 19, 1884, with Edward F. Wright postmaster, and remained in service only until June 9, 1884. In fact the office may never have been in actual operation. It was just at this time that Gresham post office was established. That event took place on May 15, 1884, and James F. Roberts was the first postmaster at Gresham. There was a good deal of rivalry between the proponents of the two offices, Camp Ground and Gresham, and not a little bad feeling developed among the partisans. William H. Stanley wrote from Gresham in July, 1947, that the proposed offices were within rock throwing distance of each other, at or near the intersection of Main Street and Powell Valley Road. Gresham beat Camp Ground to the draw. Mr. Stanley says that a campground was situated near Main Street and Powell Valley Road, with some small cabins used during camp meetings. Edward F. Wright had some connection with this campground, probably managed it at camp meetings.

CAMP HENDERSON, Malheur County. Camp Henderson was one of the establishments of the Indian wars of the '60s. On May 26, 1864, Captain George B. Currey of the First Oregon Volunteer Cavalry camped on Crooked Creek about eight miles southwest of the mouth of Jordan Creek and called the place Camp Henderson in compliment to J. H. D. Henderson, representative in Congress from Oregon, 1865-67. The stream was called Gibbs Creek in honor of Governor A. C. Gibbs, but that name did not persist. Camp Henderson was not long in use and was a very simple establishment. See Bancroft's History of Oregon, volume II, page 499 and Oregon Adjutant General's Report, 1865-66, page 36. Camp LINCOLN, Grant County. Camp Lincoln, named for Abraham Lincoln, was established by Lieutenant J. A. Waymire of the First Ore. gon Volunteer Cavalry March 15, 1864, and abandoned May 1, 1864. It was used during the Indian outbreaks, but was a temporary post. See Oregon Adjutant General's Report, 1865-66, page 67, et seq. It was on South Fork John Day River, but the compiler has been unable to get the exact location. Probably it was near the present community of Dayville. · CAMP LOGAN, Grant County. Camp Logan was established during the Indian troubles in the summer of 1865. The compiler has been unable to get the date it was occupied or when it was abandoned, but it was not long in use and not a large camp. William M. Hilleary, in recollections in the Oregon Historical Society library, says the camp was established by Lieutenant A. B. Ingram of the First Oregon Volunteer Infantrv and quarters were built for 40 men. This was in August or September, 1865. The place is mentioned in the Oregon Adjutant General's Report, 1865-66, but no details are given. In January, 1944, R. H. Sullens of Prairie City wrote the compiler that Camp Logan was on Strawberry Creek about six miles south of Prairie City near what is now the Roger Kent ranch. This information agrees with War Department maps, although the stream was apparently known in 1865 as Indian Creek and later as Logan Creek. In fact Strawberry Mountain was once called Logan Butte on account of the camp. The post was probably named for