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 tablished. Williams operated a neighborhood store and he planned to run the post office in connection with this store. The little store which was to have been the post office was situated at the northwest corner of what is now Friendly Avenue and Wood Avenue in Eugene. At one time there was a street car waiting station at this point,

COLLIER CREEK, Curry and Josephine counties. This stream, now part of the boundary line between the two counties, was named for an early resident, and old maps and records show it Cole Collier Creek. The first part of the name is now omitted.

COLLIER GLACIER, Lane County. Collier Glacier heads on the west side of North Sister and drains into White Branch. It is the largest glacier in the Three Sisters region and was named for Professor George H. Collier of the University of Oregon, who made an ascent of the Three Sisters in 1880. Professor Collier was a prominent early-day instructor, and came to Oregon from Ohio in 1868. His son, Dr. Arthur J. Collier, was also an instructor at the University of Oregon and a well-known geologist.

COLLINGS MOUNTAIN, Jackson County, This mountain is in the southwest part of the county, and has been shown at times as Collins Mountain. The Forest Service informs the compiler that it was named for a local resident named Collings, and that Collins is wrong.

COLORADO LAKE, Linn County. This lake, which has an elevation of 195 feet, lies on the south bank of the Willamette River a few miles east of Corvallis. The compiler has been unable to obtain information as to why this lake is called Colorado Lake. Colson, Klamath County. Colson post office was given the family name of the first and only postmaster, Mary E. Colson. The office operated from March to December, 1895. It was in the northwest corner, probably in section 7, of township 40 south, range 10 east. An old map shows this post office very close to the banks of Lost River, at a point seven or eight miles northwest of Merrill.

COLTON, Clackamas County. Colton is situated on Mill Creek at an elevation of 706 feet. It was named about 1892. Two local residents, Joshua Gorbett and a man named Cole each wished to name it for the other, but the Post Office Department objected to Gorbett because it was too much like Corbett, in Multnomah County. As a result, Colton was selected.

COLUMBIA City, Columbia County. This city, just north of St. Helens, was founded in 1867 by Jacob and Joseph Caples. Columbia City was ambitious to become the terminus of Ben Holladay's Willamette Valley railroad in 1870, at the time Portland became the terminus of the west side line with a bonus of $100,000. The prospective community was named for the Columbia River, but the expected growth has not materialized. Columbia City post office was established August 16, 1871.

COLUMBIA COUNTY. This county was created January 16, 1854, by the territorial legislature. It comprised the northeastern part of Washington (Twality) County as it was after Clatsop County had been created. It was named for the Columbia River, its northern and eastern boundary, and St. Helens is its county seat. The land area of Columbia County is 646 square miles (Bureau of the Census).

COLUMBÍA River, northern boundary of Oregon. Columbia is one of the most abundantly used geographic names in America. Aside from the beauty of the word, its history reflects efforts to honor the achievements