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Camp WITHYCOMBE, Clackamas County. Camp Withycombe, which is just east of Clackamas station, is named for James Withycombe, governor of Oregon from 1915 to 1919. In February, 1944, Colonel Elmer V. Wooton, acting adjutant general of Oregon, wrote the compiler: "Camp Withycombe was established in 1909, under a lease arrangement with option to purchase. The United States Government was the lessee and the purchase option was exercised in 1910. Originally known as the Clackamas Rifle Range, it was redesignated Camp Withycombe during World War I and in 1934 was officially designated as Camp Withycombe. The original tract was added to several times, so that now the area embraced in the camp site totals 257 acres."

CAMP WRIGHT, Harney County. Camp Wright was used during the Indian troubles of the '60s. According to the Oregon Adjutant General's Report, 1865-66, it was established October 3, 1865. It was occupied by Captain L. L. Williams and H Company of the First Oregon Volunteer Infantry, and it was situated on Silvies River close to the east end of Wright Point near what was later Island Ranch. It was named for Brigadier-General George Wright who was drowned in the wreck of the Brother Jonathan. See under WRIGHT POINT. The camp was not many months in use and was not substantially fortified. See Bancroft's History of Oregon, volume II, page 514 and page 490, footnote. The reminiscences of William M. Hilleary on file at the Oregon Historical Society say that the soldiers protected themselves by building up sod walls with roofs of poles covered with earth.

CAMPBELL Falls, Douglas County. The Forest Service has adopted the name Campbell Falls for a drop in South Umpqua River, in section 13, township 29 south, range 1 west, just above the mouth of Boulder Creek. These falls were named to commemorate Robert G. Campbell, a former employe of the Forest Service who was killed in action in World War II, November 12, 1944.

CANARY, Lane County. This place received its unusual name because local residents could find none other that would satisfy both postal authorities and railroad officials. Many names were suggested but to no avail. The writer is informed that Canary has no local significance and it is not known who suggested it.

CANBY, Clackamas County. Canby was named for Major-General Edward R. S. Canby, commander of the Department of the Columbia, who was killed by Modoc Indians on April 11, 1873, at a peace parley not far from the California-Oregon line south of what is now Klamath Falls. For a short account of the Modoc War, see Scott's History of the Oregon Country, volume II, page 334. See also Jeff C. Riddle's The Indian History of the Modoc War, which gives detailed accounts of the war and subsequent happenings. Edward Richard Sprigg Canby was a veteran of the Seminole, Mexican and Civil wars. In 1874 Fort Canby, Washington, at the mouth of the Columbia River, was named for him. Stories to the effect that the community of Canby was once called Knighttown for Adam Knight, an early resident, could not be confirmed in June, 1943. Adam Knight, then still living, denied all knowledge of the matter. The general locality from Canby north to the Willamette River was called Baker Prairie.

CANEMAH, Clackamas County. Canemah was founded in 1845 by A. F. Hedges. During many years it was the loading and unloading point