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CAPE ARAGO. Coos RIVER, Coos County. Coos River, named for the stream nearby, was the third post office in Coos County. It was established March 7, 1863, with Amos C. Rogers first postmaster. This office was closed September 20, 1864. The office was opened again February 10, 1873, with Frank W. Bridges postmaster and was closed September 24, 1875. Available maps show the location of this office on Coos River near the mouth of the Millicoma. It may have been in a different locality the first time, but probably not far away. Rogers and Bridges were wellknown pioneer settlers in the locality. CoOSTON, Coos County. Cooston is on the east shore of Coos Bay and the origin of the name is the same as that of Coos County. Cooston post office was established May 13, 1908, and the first postmaster was William E. Homme, who named the place.

COPELAND CREEK, Jackson and Klamath counties. Copeland Creek was named for Hiram Copeland of Fort Klamath. The stream rises west of Crater Lake and flows into Rogue River.

COPPER, Jackson County. Copper is the name of a locality on Applegate River, near the mouth of Carberry Creek and about a mile north of the Oregon-California line. It got its name from the copper mining activity in the vicinity, especially at the Blue Ledge mine just over the line in California. The post office was established in November, 1924, with Mrs. Mamie Winningham first postmaster. The office was discontinued in May, 1932.

COPPER, Wallowa County. A post office with the name Copper was established January 5, 1904, with Anna Bigham postmaster. It was in operation until May 3, 1907, at which time the office was closed and all papers sent to White Bird, Idaho, the most convenient nearby office. Copper post office was in section 14, township 3 north, range 50 east, and was established to serve some copper mine claims in the vicinity. There is a pinnacle called Copper Mountain in the locality and also a Copper Creek flowing into Snake River. The post office was about a half mile west of Snake River.

COPPERFIELD, Baker County. Copperfield is on the west bank of Snake River. The place has had a meteoric career. About 1900 there were many prospectors in the place and it was called Copper Camp, because of the character of the nearby ore. Soon after this the community was definitely named Copperfield, and by 1910 there were about 1000 inhabitants, the increase in population being due to the digging of two tunnels by the railroad company and by the predecessor of the Idaho Power Company, near the Oxbow. In 1914 Copperfield became really famous when Governor Oswald West sent his secretary, Miss Fern Hobbs, double armed with determination and a signed declaration of martial law, to clean up the morals of the place. The community was trying to recover from the struggle between Miss Hobbs and the Power of Darkness, when fire swept away most of the buildings, so it was impossible to determine if Righteousness had prevailed. Two more fires have made Copperfield a thing of the past.

COQUILLE, Coos County. This name is applied to a city, a point and a river in Coos County, south of Coos Bay. Coquille is a word of UC PERKELEY LIBRARY