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Bendhe railroad, war together Richard D. Jones postmaster. The office was discontinued in January, 1910, and had four different postmasters, so that it may have been moved from time to time.

CORD, Malheur County. Cord was a rural office on Duck Creek on the west edge of the county about twenty-five miles southeast of Venator in Harney County. Cord post office was established April 13, 1897, with Thomas M. Seaweard first postmaster. The office, which was named in compliment to Mrs. Cordelia Seaweard, wife of the postmaster, was closed December 31, 1917, with all papers to Mooreville. Cordes, Coos County. For a number of years the Southern Pacific Company maintained a railroad station with the name Coos near the north shore of Coos Bay and about two and a half miles north of North Bend. In the latter part of 1944 the name of the city of Marshfield, also on the railroad, was changed to Coos Bay. The similarity of names of two stations so near together was unsatisfactory and as a result the company changed the name of Coos siding to Cordes. Cordes was the name of a family that had deeded part of the right of way at this point when the railroad was built.

CORNELIUS, Washington County. Cornelius was named for Colonel T. R. Cornelius, a pioneer of 1845. He was the son of Benjamin Cornelius, who with his family emigrated to Oregon during that year as a member of the Meek party. The family settled on Tualatin Plains. Colonel Cornelius served in the Cayuse War of 1847-48, and the Yakima War of 1855-56. He served twenty years in the Oregon legislature, and in 1861 raised a regiment of volunteer cavalry. He was a merchant and also for a time ran a sawmill. Colonel Cornelius was born in November, 1827, and died June 24, 1899. The town of Cornelius is between Hillsboro and Forest Grove and has an elevation of 175 feet. Cornelius post office was established December 18, 1871.

CORNUCOPIA, Baker County. This name is derived from Latin words meaning "horn of plenty" and the word is frequently applied to mines and other enterprises where there are large hopes of success. In 1885 mines were discovered on the southern slopes of the Wallowa Mountains in Baker County, and among the prospectors were several who came from Cornucopia, Nevada, who suggested that name for the new camp.

CORRAL BASIN, Wallowa County. Corral Basin is in the northwest corner of township 3 south, range 43 east. It was named because Standley and Sturgill built some sheep corrals there, made of heavy poles and logs. This was in the late '80s.

CORRAL CREEK, Clackamas County, Corral Creek drains the east slope of Parrett Mountain and flows into the Willamette River one mile west of Wilsonville. There are many other Corral creeks in Oregon, especially east of the Cascade Range. The word was originally Spanish and meant an inclosure or pen for stock. It was possibly from the same source as the South African Dutch word kraal. There were two reasons for describing creeks with this word. The first was that stockmen built their corrals with streams running through them as a matter of convenience. In the second place there were many valleys, especially in eastern Oregon, where rock formations produced natural corrals, with water running through them.

CORRAL CREEK, Wallowa County. Corral Creek flows into Imnaha River in township 3 north, range 48 east. J. H. Horner of Enterprise

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