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 mar post office was established March 16, 1914, with Lemuel V. Cole first of five postmasters. The office was discontinued July 15, 1918, but there was still a store at Delmar in 1947 and a little commercial activity in the vicinity.

DELP CREEK, Lane County. This is a tributary of Fall Creek. It was named for a mining prospector, George Delp.

DEMENT CREEK, Coos County. This stream is a tributary from the west of South Fork Coquille River. It was named for Samuel M. Dement, who was said to have been the first white man who actually settled with his family in South Fork Valley. He was born in Ohio, October 5, 1822. He came to California in 1852, and settled in Oregon in 1853. He died in December, 1885.

DEMOCRAT GULCH, Josephine County. This is an historic place southeast of Kerby. It was named during the pioneer gold mining days of the Illinois Valley because of the political views of some of the prospectors. De Moss, Sherman County. De Moss is a station on the Union Pacific Railroad. There was at one time a post office there by the name of De Moss Springs. The station was named for a celebrated pioneer family of the county, members of which styled themselves the "Lyric Bards." They were musical entertainers, and made extended tours when wheat growing did not require their labors at home. They also operated a recreation park in connection with the springs. Professor James M. De Moss was the leader of the "Lyric Bards." He was born in Indiana May 15, 1837. He was reared in Iowa and in 1862 moved to Powder Valley, Oregon. He located in Sherman County in 1883. He is said to have been the founder of the town of North Powder, Baker County, where he kept the stage station.

DENCER, Marion County. Dencer post office was in operation for a few years in the Jacob Dencer home at a point about a mile or so southwest of the community called Liberty, and was named for the first postmaster. The office was established February 12, 1889, with Dencer postmaster and was continued until April 20, 1892, when the name was changed to Rosedale. When the name was changed the office was moved two miles southeast to the Rosedale community on Battle Creek.

DENIO, Harney County. Aaron Denio settled in this locality in 1885 and the place was named for him. The post office was established in September, 1888. Aaron Denio was born in Illinois in 1824 and after various rovings, emigrated to California in 1860. For twenty five years he engaged in milling, mining and farming in California and Nevada, then settled in the extreme south edge of Oregon. He died at Denio in 1907. For additional information about his ancestry and life see OHQ, June, 1946, pages 200-201.

DENMARK, Curry County. The writer was informed by the postmaster of this community in 1925 that the first settlers were natives of Denmark, hence the name adopted. He must refer to Captain N. C. Lorentzen, who settled there in 1878, according to Dodge's Pioneer History of Coos and Curry Counties. Lorentzen and his daughter Lena were drowned near Humboldt Bay in December, 1892, at the time of the wreck of the barge Majestic.

DENT, Columbia County. Dent was the name used for a post office from June, 1892, to October, 1898. Frances M. Fuller was the only post