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those who manned the boat that brought down the river the survivors of the Whitman massacre, rescued from the Indians by Peter Skene Ogden. He served in Thomas McKay's company in the Cayuse War of 1848. Crate stayed in Oregon City until 1850 and in April of that year went to The Dalles to settle. The records of the land office indicate that he made settlement on his claim on April 1, 1851, at the place now called Crates Point, which he selected because it was adapted to landing boats. The Crate claim was near the river under the slope of the bluff. The name on the original application at the land office is spelled Crete, but the family apparently abandoned this form of spelling long ago. According to Dr. William McKay, the Indian name of the locality of Crates Point was Thleyap Kanoon, which referred to a variety of freshwater mussels. These were gathered and used for a great feast and general good time. Crate was married to Sophia Boucher, a native of New Caledonia, on June 24, 1844, at Vancouver. The marriage record is in St. James parish register. She was born about 1830. The couple had 14 children, some of whom became well-known citizens of Oregon. Edward Crate died in 1894. In a list of Indian names for localities near The Dalles, Dr. McKay gives Kat-ka Talth for the mountain at Crates Point. This means Flint Mountain.

CRAWFORD, Yamhill County. This is a station between Lafavette and Newberg, and was named for Medorem Crawford, who was born in Orange County, New York, June 24, 1819. He came to Oregon in 1842 with Dr. Elijah White, and took a prominent part in the affairs of the state. He died December 27, 1891. For biographical information, see Scott's History of the Oregon Country. Medorem Crawford was esteemed by all who knew him and his narrative of the emigration of 1842 appeared in OPA Transactions for 1881.

CRAWFORDSVILLE, Linn County. Crawfordsville is on Calapooya River about eight miles above Brownsville. It was named for Philemon V. Crawford, upon whose land the town was built. He was born in Madison, Indiana, in 1814, and crossed the plains in 1851. The town was founded in 1870 by Crawford and Robert Glass. Crawford died in Eugene February 1, 1901. His son, Jasper V. Crawford, was first postmaster at Crawfordsville. Information to the effect that the place was named for George F. Crawford is wrong.

CRAZYMAN CREEK, Wallowa County. Crazyman Creek follows a circuitous course through township 4 south, range 48 east and drains into Imnaha River. In 1931 J. H. Horner of Enterprise told the compiler that the stream was named in the early '80s because of an incident involving Jack Johnson, who was hunting. Johnson, looking down into the canyon, saw a man who acted as if demented, cavorting and jumping about. Johnson found the man to be Scotty McKinnel, who was camped nearby with John Williamson, William Ellis, and Dock Fake. McKinnel's antics were caused by surprise at seeing another man in the neighborhood. The party named the stream Crazyman Creek because of this event.

CRESCENT, Crook County, Crescent post office was established on the Crook County list July 31, 1886, with Nettie M. Powell postmaster. The office was closed in September, 1888, but was reopened in December, 1888, and was finally closed October 1, 1890. At the first closing, the business was turned over to Prineville and at the second closing to