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River about four miles west of Redmond. The McKenzie Highway crosses the river just south of the falls. They were named for Dr. C. A. Cline (1850-1926), a well-known dentist of Redmond, who owned the falls. Cline Buttes just southwest of the falls received their name from the same source. Dr. Cline died July 19, 1926. For obituary see the Oregonian for July 22, 1926, page 20.

CLOUD CAP, Crater Lake National Park, Klamath County. Cloud Cap is the highest point on the east rim of Crater Lake, and has an elevation of 8070 feet above sea level and 1893 feet above the water of the lake. It received this somewhat fanciful name from J. S. Diller of the USGS, because of its high dome.

CLOVER, Malheur County. Clover post office was established as of April 3, 1882, and was closed January 9, 1883. Josephine M. Reeves was the first postmaster. The compiler has been told that this post office was named for Clover Creek, but no one has come up with a definite locality for the establishment. Clover Creek was named in pioneer days because of the growth of wild clover along its banks.

CLOVER FLAT, Lake County. Clover Flat is a descriptive name for a locality about seven or eight miles airline west of Valley Falls. Clover Flat post office was established December 31, 1914, with Janie N. Bryan first and only postmaster. The office was closed out to Paisley on March 15, 1918.

CLOVERDALE, Tillamook County. Cloverdale was founded and named by Charles Ray (1851-1925), who settled in Tillamook County about 1884 on the farm that subsequently became the site of the community. He established a store, hotel, bank and cheese factory at Cloverdale, and was a charter member of Cloverdale Grange. It is apparent that the name is descriptive of the surroundings, which constitute a fine dairy country. The name was suggested by Cloverdale, California, where Ray occasionally visited.

CLYMER, Marion County. Clymer post office, which operated with one break from May, 1883, to May, 1901, served an area a little to the southeast of Macleay in the vicinity of McAlpin school. The office was named for the first postmaster, Mary Clymer. Coal CREEK, Columbia County, Coal Creek flows into Pebble Creek from the east at a point about three miles south of Vernonia. The stream got its name from some small coal outcrops along its banks. In fact there have been mining operations in some of these outcrops but so far not on a large scale. Coal CREEK, Lincoln County. Coal Creek, which flows into Pacific Ocean a couple of miles north of Yaquina Head, was named in pioneer days because of supposed coal deposits along its course. In October, 1945, Andrew L. Porter of Newport told the writer that this coal-like mineral was just large pieces of shale. He tried to burn some without success. In earlier days this stream was on the Siletz Indian Reservation and could not be prospected. Some people thought they were being deprived of a good fuel supply until the true nature of the rock was determined. Coal Point, Curry County. This point is about three miles south of Port Orford and just north of Humbug Mountain. It is immediately north of Brush Creek. It is believed that Coal Point is the one mentioned by George Davidson in the United States Coast Survey Coast Pilot for