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Some time prior to 1900 J. Couch Flanders, of Portland, was attracted by the name and he applied it to a group of cottages owned by the Couch family on the south flank of Tillamook Head about two miles north of Elk Creek. The name was attractive, and people living near the mouth of Elk Creek asked for a post office to be named Ecola, which was established November 25, 1910. To avoid confusion R. L. Glisan and L. Allen Lewis then changed the name of the Couch family cottages to Ecola Point, because of the prominent projection nearby. Ecola Point is between Chapman Point and the main promontory of Tillamook Head. The name Ecola is no longer used for the post office, which is now Cannon Beach. See under that name and also Elk CREEK, George Gibbs, in his Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon gives the word ehkoli, a whale, and indicates that it came from the Chinook Indian word ekoli, with the accent on the first letter. The modern spelling with the accent on the middle syllable is, however, firmly established.

EDDYVILLE, Lincoln County. This post office seems to have had more than the usual number of moves. It was first called Little Elk because it was near the mouth of Little Elk Creek. About 1888 Israel F. Eddy, the postmaster, moved the office about a mile west and had the name changed to Eddyville. Some four years later the office was brought back to its original location and the name changed to Little Elk. About 1893 it was moved again to Eddys place and was continued under the name of Eddyville until 1900 when it was moved back to the mouth of Little Elk Creek, but this time the name was not changed and the office still goes by the name of Eddyville.

EDEN, Coos County. Eden was the name used for a post office in the extreme southeast part of Coos County, in the very rough, mountainous country on West Fork Cow Creek. Eden post office was established July 21, 1914, with Edward A. Zimmerman first of three postmasters. The office was discontinued January 14, 1922, with mail to Dothan on Cow Creek. The compiler has been told that transportation to this post office was very primitive and he puts great faith in the report. The name for the post office was doubtless suggested by that of Eden Ridge to the southwest. Eden Ridge has been so called for many years. The ridge and the post office apparently were named by people fond of isolation and pioneer living.

EDEN, Wallowa County. Wallowa County has had more than its share of post offices with names showing that its settlers seemed to be pleased with the prospects. Among these names have been: Paradise, Promise, Joy, Arcadia, Utopia, Eureka and Enterprise. There was also a post office called Lovely but that was the family name of the postmaster. A post office with the name Eden was established October 2, 1907, with B. E. Puller, postmaster. Apparently the office never operated because the appointment was rescinded on April 29, 1908. It was planned to put the office at the Puller ranch on the breaks of the Grande Ronde River a few miles southwest of Troy. The locality is generally known as Eden Ridge.

EDEN PARK, Hood River County. Eden Park, on the northwest slope of Mount Hood, was named in the summer of 1922 by a camping party led by C. Edward Graves, then of Hood River, but living in Arcata, California, in 1943. At the same time the party applied