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ver Crow, Lane County. The postmaster at Crow informed the writer that the community was named for one Andy Crow who was first postmaster, although this information does not agree with data furnished by the postal authorities, who state that the post office at Crow was established November 6, 1874, with Alexander Wood first post. master. However, members of the Crow family were prominent pioneer settlers in that part of the county, and the community doubtless bears the name of one of them. Will G. Steel told the compiler that the word Crow was a literal translation of an Indian word Andaig, applying to the locality, but search failed to bring any confirmation of the statement. Crow CREEK, Wallowa County. Crow Creek is northeast of Enterprise and flows northward to join Joseph Creek. According to J. H. Horner of Enterprise, the stream was named by A. C. Smith and Jasper Matheny in the late '70s because they found the birds so thick in the aspen groves along its banks. Crow RIDGE, Wallowa County. This ridge lies between Joseph and Deer creeks in the northeast part of the county. It was named for Bert Crow, first settler on the ridge in the early '80s. He was the first man to take a wagon from this ridge down to Grande Ronde River.

CROWCAMP Hills, Harney County. This is a prominent group of hills on the east edge of Harney Valley. They have a maximum elevation of 5892 feet. These hills, and Crowcamp Creek, are said to have been named for Rankin Crow, a stock herder working for Todhunter & Devine, pioneer cattlemen. Crow discovered an excellent spring in the locality, and camped there. Later the Crowcamp Ranch was established nearby.

CROWFOOT, Linn County. Crowfoot is a crossroads community on the South Santiam Highway about two miles south of Lebanon. It has not had a separate post office, but has been served through Lebanon. All the available evidence says that the locality got the name Crowfoot because the roads intersecting there came together in a pattern that suggested the track left by a crow's foot. This is shown clearly by the Geological Survey map of the Lebanon quadrangle. Katherine Harris, in a column headed Off the Record, in the Lebanon Express for January 23, 1947, gives a good deal of history about the place called Crowfoot. It was named many years ago, apparently by Hester Sturdevant, an early resident of the locality. The Grange Hall, one of the important buildings at Crowfoot, was formerly the old college hall at Sodaville. When the college was abandoned, the building was moved to Crowfoot.

CROWLEY, Malheur County. This post office and creek nearby were named for James Crowley, who settled there and established a ranch about July, 1874.

CROWLEY, Polk County. This station is on the Southern Pacific Company line between Holmes Gap and Rickreall, and was named for Solomon K. Crowley, an early resident of the neighborhood. He was born in Missouri in 1833 and came to Oregon in 1852. See HinesNlustrated History of the State of Oregon, page 1012. Crown Rock, Wheeler County. Crown Rock was a post office not far from the present site of Clarno. Huntley post office was established February 28, 1876, with Joseph Broughton first postmaster. The compiler has not been able to get the history of the name. The name of the office was changed to Pine Creek on June 23, 1876. This name was of course for Pine Creek, a prominent stream flowing into John Day River from the