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 * the names Cathedral Ridge, Vista Ridge and Wiyeast Basin. These names were all adopted by the USBGN.

EDENBOWER, Douglas County. Edenbower is a locality about two miles north of Roseburg. It was named as long ago as 1888 by a family that moved from the rigorous climate of Winnipeg, Manitoba, to the Umpqua Valley. This family was impressed by the warm sunshine of that part of Douglas County and coined the name Edenbower. In April, 1948, Mrs. John Ferguson wrote from Days Creek, Oregon, that Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ferguson and three children came to Roseburg from Winnipeg in 1888 and after living in town a short while bought a ten-acre tract, and proceeded to make it their home. Mrs. Ferguson was so much impressed by the climate and the surroundings that she wrote a poem in November, 1888, extolling the locality and referring to it as Edenbower. It was not long after this, perhaps in 1890, that a school was organized and Mr. Ferguson suggested that it be called Edenbower. The name was adopted. Edenbower community did not have a post office until August 1, 1908. John Botcher was the first postmaster. This office was discontinued January 31, 1919. The area is served now by a rural route. Mrs. Ferguson's poem "Winter-A Contrast" will be found in the Roseburg News-Review for May 21, 1948. It appears in the column by Charles V. Stanton and along with it are some other items about Edenbower. Eight DOLLAR MOUNTAIN, Josephine County. Eight Dollar Mountain, elevation 3992 feet, is one of the prominent features in the Illinois Valley. There are several stories as to how it got its name, the most probable being that it came about as a result of the discovery nearby of a gold nugget worth $8.00. Another version is that a man wore out a pair of shoes worth $8.00 walking around its base. Its sides are excessively rough and inasmuch as the distance is about 12 miles it is quite possible that the latter story may be true. The battle of Eight Dollar Mountain, a skirmish in the Rogue River Indian War, was fought in this locality March 25, 1856. See Victor's Early Indian Wars of Oregon, pages 391-92.

EIGHTMILE, Morrow County. The post office at Eightmile took its name from Eightmile Canyon, which was so named because its mouth was about eight miles up Willow Creek from the Columbia River. The name was first used by pioneer stockmen.

EIGHTMILE CREEK, Wasco County. This stream was so called because the pioneer wagon road from The Dalles into central Oregon crossed it about eight miles from town. Eightmile Creek and Fivemile Creek join, and the combined stream, called Eightmile Creek, flows into Fifteenmile Creek. For information about the names of this group of streams see under FIFTEENMILE CREEK,

EKINS, Yamhill County. The first post office to serve the locality now known as Dundee was named Ekins for the postmaster, Claudius Ekins, who was appointed June 7, 1881. The name of this office was changed to Dundee on July 25, 1882. For the further history of this office see under

DUNDEE. Ekins post office was established about the time that the narrow gage railroad was being extended from Dayton northeast through what is now Dundee to Fulquartz Landing on the Willamette River. See Scott's History of the Oregon Country, volume IV, page 305 et seq.

EKOMs, Curry County. The order establishing Ēkoms post office was