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was graduated from West Point in 1852. Prior to the Civil War he served in the West and was wounded in 1857 in the Pit River country. He made a brilliant record in the Civil War, and afterwards in Indian wars of the West. See Scott's History of the Oregon Country, volume II, page 184, and volume V, pages 223-25. Crook PEAK, Lake County. Crook Peak was undoubtedly named for Major-General George Crook, who fought Indians throughout south central Oregon in several campaigns. See under CROOK COUNTY. Crook was in the territory west of Warner Valley near what is known as Crook Peak in 1867. See Bancroft's History of Oregon, volume II, page 535, et seq. The USC&GS gives the elevation of Crook Peak as 7834 feet. Crook POINT, Curry County. This point is in approximate latitude 42° 15', and is within 20 miles of the Oregon-California boundary. It is also about five miles south of Cape Sebastian. The point is moderately low, but terminates seaward in a rock knoll 160 feet high, with lower ground immediately back of it. It was named for A. H. Crook, who for many years operated a large stock ranch nearby.

CROOKED CREEK, Klamath County. This is a stream near Klamath Agency, tributary to Wood River. It bears a descriptive name. The Klamath Indian name is Yanaldi Koke, literally "Stream bordered by the Yanaldi Ridge." Koke is the Klamath word for stream. For additional information see under AGENCY HILL.

CROOKED CREEK, Lake County. This stream drains Antelope Valley north of Lakeview and flows north into Lake Abert. The correct name is Crooked Creek and not Crook Creek. There is a story to the effect that it was named for Major-General George Crook but such is not the case. It owes its name entirely to its physical characteristics.

CROOKED CREEK, Malheur County. This stream has a descriptive name. It joins Owyhee River a few miles below the mouth of Jordan Creek in the vicinity of the place called Rome. Captain George B. Currey of the First Oregon Volunteer Cavalry calls the stream Gibbs Creek in the Oregon Adjutant General's Report, 1865-66, page 35, in compliment to Governor Addison C. Gibbs. Currey established Camp Henderson on Gibbs Creek May 26, 1864. The name Gibbs Creek has not prevailed.

CROOKED FINGER PRAIRIE, Marion County. This prairie is southeast of Silverton. According to Down's A History of the Silverton Country, page 3, it bears the name of a Molalla chief. He is supposed to have died at Grand Ronde Agency, although there is another story to the effect that he was shot near the Clackamas River.

CROOKED RIVER, Crook, Deschutes and Jefferson counties. This stream was named during the fur trading period, and the name bestowed is unusually appropriate. Arrowsmith's map of North America, London, 1824, with pen corrections probably to 1832-33, shows Crooked River by name and in good detail. A map prepared under the direction of Col. J. J. Abert, dated 1838, shows the name Crooked River. This map is attached to the Cushing report, more properly described as 25th Congress, 3rd Session, House report 101, entitled Territory of Oregon, with supplemental report. USGS bulletin 252, by Dr. I. C. Russell, is the standard handbook of the geology of central De on wiha PPE Oregon and contains much valuable information about Crooked River. In 1925 the USGS made an extended survey of the topography and