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considerable area in the western part of the county, flows into Lake Creek which in turn flows into Siuslaw River. Deadwood Creek got its name in early days because of the dead timber snags adjacent to its banks, the result of extensive forest fires in the Coast Range. Deadwood post office, named for the stream, was established April 15, 1884, with Thomas Pope first postmaster. The office was near the mouth of Deadwood Creek. It was discontinued to Greenleaf June 15, 1914.

DEADY, Douglas County. This flag station on the Southern Pacific line north of Roseburg is the only geographic feature in Oregon to bear the name of one of the state's most distinguished citizens, Judge Matthew P. Deady, 1824-93, a pioneer of 1849, and for more than a half century a member of the bench and bar of his adopted state. He was president of the constitutional convention in 1857, and later prepared codes of civil and criminal procedures. He was for more than 30 years United States district judge for Oregon. For an estimate of his life by Harvey W. Scott, see Scott's History of the Oregon Country, volume V, page 188. Deady Hall at the University of Oregon bears his name. He was president of the board of regents of the university for many years.

DEAN CREEK, Grant County. Dean Creek, east of Canyon City, was named for a man who operated a small sawmill there during the mining excitement of the '60s.

DEAN POINT, Tillamook County. Dean Point projects southward along the west side of Nehalem River just south of the town of Nehalem. It bears the name of George Dean, a well-known settler in the Nehalem area, who at one time owned land on the point.

DEARDORFF MOUNTAIN, Baker and Grant counties. Fleming Byars Deardorff settled in this part of eastern Oregon about 1870 and this mountain was named for him. It is 7207 feet high. There is a Deardorff Creek just southwest of the mountain, flowing into John Day River. The creek is in Grant County. Deardorff was a son of Joseph M. Deardorff, a pioneer of 1853, who settled near Oakland, Douglas County, where members of the family still reside.

DEATHBALL Rock, Lane County. This rock is southeast of Blue River. It received its name because of an attempt made by a surveying party cook to bake some biscuits. It appears that he was not entirely successful. Deathball Mountain is a little southwest of Deathball Rock and seems to have been named after the rock was named.

DEDMAN RANCH, Wheeler County. Robert H. Dedman owned this ranch, which is about ten miles southeast of Fossil. The style Deadman Ranch is wrong.

DEE, Hood River County. Dee was named for Thomas D. Dee, a business associate of the late David C. Eccles and a stockholder in the Oregon Lumber Company. The name was used when the lumber company mill was built at Dee in 1906.

DEER CREEK, Douglas County. This stream rises in the hills east of Roseburg and joins South Umpqua River at Roseburg. Its name dates back to pioneer days and the community of Roseburg was known as Deer Creek as late as 1854. The name of the place was subsequently changed to Roseburg because of the settlement of Aaron Rose, who settled at the site of the present city of Roseburg on September 23, 1851. He crossed the plains to Oregon from Michigan in that year. See under ROSEBURG. Dear do ARDOR MAMMU One George River jus2.can Poi