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miles to the south the Pacific Highway crosses Cow Creek, but at this point the creek occupies a wide valley. Walling's History of Southern Oregon, page 424, says an immigrant recovered his cattle from thievish Indians in this valley, from which fact the creek derived its name. Cow Gulch, Grant County. Cow Gulch drains into Murderers Creek from the north about a mile up from the mouth of the creek. It has been so called for a long time. The name was applied because the gulch was a natural collecting point for cattle.

COWHORN MOUNTAIN, Douglas and Klamath counties. This mountain is at the summit of the Cascade Range, at the junction with the spur known as Calapooya Mountains. In pioneer days it was known as Little Cowhorn to distinguish it from Big Cowhorn, farther south, now Mount Thielsen. It had a peculiar spire or rock pinnacle on its summit, making it resemble Mount Thielsen, and the two peaks were named because of resemblance to a cow's horns. Many years ago the pinnacle on Little Cowhorn fell off. Cox CREEK, Linn County. Cox Creek is a stream east of Albany that heads near Spicer and flows northwest to Willamette River. Between the new and the old locations of Pacific Highway East it forms Waverly Lake. Cox Creek was named in pioneer days for Anderson Cox, a prominent Linn County citizen and a member of the Oregon constitutional convention. Cox took up a donation land claim on this stream. Willard Marks of Albany told the compiler in 1942 that when he was much younger, youthful cronies spent Sundays and holidays in the vicinity of this stream, doubtless fishing and otherwise obtaining physical refreshment. In 1911-13 the U. S. Geological Survey mapped the area and applied the name Second Periwinkle Creek to the stream, apparently overlooking Cox Creek as having the first title. Thus the matter rested for three decades until local residents bestirred themselves to get the old name restored. This was done on February 26, 1942, by decision of the USBGN, and the official designation is now Cox Creek. Cox ISLAND, Lane County. Lily Cox took up a homestead on this island and it has been known as Cox Island ever since. She was the daughter of W. A. Cox, a pioneer settler in the vicinity of Acme, now Cushman. Cox Island is in the Siuslaw River about two miles upstream from Florence. Coxcomb Hill, Clatsop County. This is the summit of the ridge south of Astoria, between the Columbia River and Youngs Bay. The compiler has been unable to learn who first applied the name. The spelling used is the customary form applied to court fools and jesters who wore an imitation coxcomb, and were frequently called coxcombs. The Astoria Column, presented by Vincent Astor as the result of efforts made by Ralph Budd, president of the Great Northern Railway Company, stands at the top of Coxcomb Hill. It depicts important events in the history of the Pacific Northwest. It was dedicated July 22, 1926, before a notable gathering. The bench mark in the base of the Astor Column has an elevation of 595 feet, and the top of the tower dome, at the base of the finial, has an elevation of 720 feet.

COYOTE CREEK, Lane County. The word Coyote is used to describe a number of geographic features in Oregon, including a station in Morrow County, a butte in Baker County known as Coyote Point, and several streams. Coyote is derived from the Mexican or Aztec name