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Range. They lie between the Willamette Valley and the Mohawk River. McKenzie River swings around their southern end. They have an extreme elevation of over 3000 feet. Coburg Hills take their name from the town of Coburg just to the west.

COCHRAN, Washington County. Cochran post office and railroad station were named for Judge Joseph W. Cochran and J. Henry Cochran, brothers, of Ashland, Wisconsin, who owned a large tract of timber in the locality.

COCHRAN CREEK, Linn County, Cochran Creek is a stream northwest of Brownsville. It flows into Butte Creek north of Saddle Butte. William Cochran was a pioneer landowner on the upper part of this stream, and it was named for him.

COE GLACIER, Hood River County. This is one of the important glaciers on the north slope of Mount Hood and has its source near the top of the mountain. It lies east of Pulpit Rock, and Coe Branch flows northeast from its base. It was named for Captain Henry Coe, a pioneer resident of the Hood River Valley, who with several others, operated a stage line to the mountain.

COFFEE CREEK, Douglas County. This stream flows into South Umpqua River from the north about 15 miles east of Myrtle Creek. Walling in History of Southern Oregon, page 442, says that Coffee Creek was named by miners in 1858 because of some joke about a coffee pot, but gives no further details.

COFFEE ISLAND, Marion County. Coffee Island is in the Willamette River southwest of St. Paul. It was named for the Coffee family, early settlers on the east bank of the river.

COFFEEPOT CREEK, Lane County. This stream flows into Middle Fork Willamette River south of Oakridge. According to C. B. McFarland of the Forest Service the creek was named in pioneer days. A coffeepot fell out of an immigrant's wagon and was run over by a wheel and ruined. John H. Hill, an early resident of the vicinity, vouched for the story.

COFFIN BUTTE, Benton County. Coffin Butte lies about three miles southwest of Suver, and just west of the Pacific Highway West. It has an elevation of 732 feet. Viewed from the southwest, this hill has a remarkable resemblance to a coffin, hence the name applied.

COFFIN Rock, Columbia County, Coffin Rock is in the Columbia River a little more than a mile north of Goble. It is so called because it was an Indian burial place. Broughton mentions it in his report on October 28, 1792. "Mr. Broughton continued to proceed against the stream, and soon passed a small rocky islet, about 20 feet above the surface of the water. Several canoes covered the top of the islet, in which dead bodies were deposited." The first use of the name Coffin Rock that the compiler has seen is in Coues' Henry-Thompson Journals, volume II, page 796, under date of January 11, 1814. This islet should not be confused with Mount Coffin, a point on the Washington shore west of Longview.

COGSWELL CREEK, Lake County. This stream flows westward into Goose Lake at a point about ten miles south of Lakeview. Members of the Cogswell family were pioneer settlers in Goose Lake Valley as early as 1869, and the stream was named for M. Cogswell or one of his relatives. Cold SPRINGS, Umatilla County. Cold Springs railroad station, Cold Springs Wash, Cold Springs Reservoir and Cold Springs Canyon are all