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untryjas County. This placenation land chadell. He sold ithe grain business. He died May 28, 1898. See Down's A History of the Silverton Country, chapter XXII.

DRAIN, Douglas County. This place was named for Charles Drain, a pioneer settler in the locality. The donation land claim on which the town of Drain is situated was taken up by Warren Goodell. He sold it to Jesse Applegate, and some time about 1850 Jesse Applegate sold the property to Charles Drain. Drain was once a member of the legislature, and his son, J. C. Drain, was also in the legislature and was speaker of the house. For additional information about the Drain family, see article by Fred Lockley on editorial page of the Oregon Journal, August 8, 1927.

DRAKE PEAK, Lake County. Drake Peak, with an elevation of 8402 feet, is a prominent point in the mountains northeast of Lakeview. It was named for John M. Drake, a well-known officer in several campaigns against the Snake Indians in south central Oregon. He reached the rank of colonel toward the conclusion of the Snake War. For information about his activities in this territory see Bancroft's History of Oregon, volume II, page 488, et seq. Drake Butte and Drake Peak, in the Maury Mountains in Crook County, are also named for Colonel Drake.

DRAPER, Jackson County. This place, southwest of Gold Hill, was named for Silas Draper, a miner. Draper post office was established February 9, 1882, with Draper first postmaster. The office was closed in October, 1912.

DREAD AND TERROR RIDGE, Douglas County. This ridge is on the south side of North Umpqua River in the northeast part of the county. It is about four miles long and has an elevation of 4896 feet. The name was applied by District Ranger C. V. Oden of the Forest Service in 1908 because of the dense thickets of thorns and other brush which made the prospects of fire fighting in that section extremely disagreeable.

DREADNOUGHT ISLAND, Klamath County. This island, in the west end of Crescent Lake, was named by F. W. Cleator of the Forest Service in 1925 because it resembled a dreadnought battleship.

DREW, Douglas County. This place is said to have been named for a local resident, Robert Drew. Drew CREEK, Lake County. This stream drains into Goose Lake. It was named for Lieutenant-Colonel C. S. Drew, in command of the Owhyee Reconnaissance of the First Oregon Cavalry in 1864. The stream has been dammed for irrigation storage.

DREWSEY, Harney County. Abner Robbins started a store at this place in the summer of 1883 and called it Gouge Eye, apparently to commemorate the frontier method of settling disputes. About a year later Robbins applied for a post office but postal authorities were reluctant to accept the original name, so he substituted a new name, Drusy. Eventually the office was named Drewsey. Oregon, End of the Trail (Oregon Guide), page 468, says the new name was in compliment to Drewsey Miller, the daughter of a rancher. In 1926 the compiler was told that the name submitted to Washington was Drusy, which authorities changed to Drewsey. Drusy seems more like a girl's name. The Oregon Guide calls the name Gouge Eye unpleasant, but the compiler thinks it a stout, picturesque bit of nomenclature, much better than some of the gutless expressions of today.

DRIFT CREEK, Lincoln County. Drift Creek post office was one of the very first in the southwest part of what is now Lincoln County, then