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FANGOLLANO, Malheur County. Charles J. Bush, postmaster of the nearby office of Harper, wrote the compiler in December, 1925, as follows: "Fangollano is the Spanish translation (fango llano) of Mud Flat, the name the locality bore before the post office was established. Those responsible for the later christening no doubt got their inspiration from hearing Spanish spoken by the Spanish and Basque sheepmen who are wont to graze their flocks nearby; and wishing to retain, I presume, something of the significance of the old name without advertising what they considered a certain obloquy that attached to it, they compromised on Fangollano. The post office at Fangollano is now discontinued." It should be noted that the Fangollano post office was at Little Mud Flat, which is six miles west of Mud Flat.

FANNO CREEK, Washington County. Fanno Creek takes its rise north of Garden Home, and after flowing westward turns sharp to the south and enters Tualatin River just north of Tualatin. It was named for Augustus Fanno, who settled on its bank in pioneer days. Augustus Fanno was born in Maine in 1804. He came to Oregon in 1846, with his wife and little son. Mrs. Fanno died on the arrival of the family at Oregon City, and after casting around for a home, Fanno selected a spot in Tualatin Valley on the trail from Oregon City to Tillamook Bay. This claim was about 12 miles from Oregon City, on what is now called Fanno Creek. He was married a second time, and died on his farm June 30, 1884..

FARADAY, Clackamas County. This is the station for the Cazadero power plant of the Portland General Electric Company, on Clackamas River. It was named by 0. B. Coldwell, vice-president of the company, for Michael Faraday, the great British scientist, who discovered the induction of electric currents.

FAREWELL BEND, Baker and Malheur counties. Farewell Bend on Snake River is where westbound immigrants turned northwestward from the river and took a pass through the hills to the present site of Huntington on Burnt River. Farewell Bend was named in the days of the pioneers. Today the Oregon Trail paved highway leaves Snake River at the same point and passes through the gap in the hills to Huntington. The geographic situation is the same as it was a century ago. Farewell Bend post office was in service from March 19, 1867, until November 19, 1867, with William H. Packwood postmaster. This post office is listed in the list for Baker County, but it was in operation before Malheur County was formed, and in fact its location may have been in what is now Malheur County, very close to the Baker County line. The location of Farewell Bend was also known as Olds Ferry, although the modern place of that name is on the Idaho side of Snake River. R. P. Olds began to operate a ferry at Farewell Bend as early as 1862, having obtained a license from authorities in what is now Idaho. His license to operate in Oregon was granted in March, 1865, although he had actually been in business for three years prior. See Hiatt's Thirty-one Years in Baker County, page 94. Packwood was also interested in the ferry at Farewell Bend and in the Burnt River toll road.

FARGHER, Sherman County. Fargher was a station not far from the east end of Sherars Bridge. It was named for Arthur W. Fargher, a near by land owner. He was born on the Isle of Man in 1855. He came to the United States in 1870 and to Oregon in 1878. He was at one time em end tails on