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house was established at Empire City in 1853 for the southern collection district of Oregon, with David Bushing collector. Empire City post office was established in April, 1858. It operated with that name until October, 1894, when the title was changed to Empire.

ENCHANTED Prairie, Coos County. This little prairie of about a hundred acres is an open spot alongside the Coos Bay-Roseburg Highway approximately four miles east of Bridge and about 25 miles east of Myrtle Point. In the summer of 1943 Mrs. Alice B. Maloney of Berkeley, California, wrote the compiler that the place had a special significance for the Indians, who buried their dead there in a sort of cavern. John Yoakam investigated it as a boy and local Indians threatened him with violence. Enchanted Prairie post office was established January 9, 1871, with Rufus P. King first postmaster. The name of the office was changed to Angora August 3, 1883. Angora post office, which was apparently named by a goat fancier, was closed May 3, 1894.

ENCINA, Baker County. Encina is Spanish for evergreen oak. J. C. Mayo, of Stayton, wrote that he named this station. During the time of railroad construction the siding was called Oak Cut, but this name was cumbersome, and Mayo, who had lived in Mexico, changed it to the form now used.

ENDERSBY, Wasco County. This place was named for W. E. Endersby, a local settler. Endersby School is about three miles north-northwest of Dufur and the spelling is that used in 1946 by the county school authorities. It is also reported to be correct by members of the family. A post office called Endersly was in operation in this vicinity from April, 1892, to October, 1906, with George W. Fligg postmaster. All postal records available to the writer spell the name Endersly. No explanation has been found for the discrepancy in spelling.

ENDICOTT CREEK, Coos County. Endicott Creek is a tributary of Middle Fork Coquille River. This stream was named for J. J. Endicott, a pioneer settler near its mouth.

ENGLISH, Wasco County. English post office got its name from the fact that it was situated on the English farm near Company Hollow about eight miles southeast of The Dalles. The office was established July 2, 1896, with Christopher C. English postmaster and was in operation until August 12, 1898. Judge Fred W. Wilson wrote the compiler in February, 1946, as follows: "The roads were bad then, and the farmers in that vicinity did not want to travel through the mud for their mail. When the roads were made better the need no longer existed. There were a very few farmers served by the office."

ENGLISH MOUNTAIN, Lane County. This mountain lies southeast of McKenzie Bridge. It was named during World War I in honor of the English people. French Mountain lies just to the west and was named at the same time.

ENOLA Hill, Clackamas County. Enola Hill lies just north of Zigzag River and west of Devil Canyon. The name Enola was made by spelling Alone backward. It was applied by a homesteader who had a home that was quite isolated.

ENRIGHT, Tillamook County. Enright is a station on the Southern Pacific Company branch line to Tillamook. It is in the east part of the county near Salmonberry River and is about midway between Timber and Wheeler. Enright has had a post office, but the writer does not know