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OREGON GEOGRAPHIC NAMES name in Oregon. A local resident by the name of T. F. Rich, had lived at Fruita, Colorado, and he suggested that name.

, Marion County. Fruitland is the name of a locality about five miles east of Salem and a mile north of the Penitentiary road, applied because of the excellence of the soil. Fruitland post office was established September 5, 1892, with George H. Nichols postmaster. The office was closed March 19, 1901, and the locality, which is thickly settled, is served from Salem.

, Linn County. Fry is a railroad station between Albany and Lebanon, named for Olney Fry, Sr., a pioneer settler of the vicinity.

, Clackamas County. This lake is south of Salmon River in the eastern part of the county. It is supposed to simulate the shape of a fryingpan, hence the name.

, Deschutes County. This butte is east of Sisters, and was named for an early settler nearby, John B. Fryrear.

, Klamath County. This station on the Cascade line of the Southern Pacific Company is named for Fuego Mountain to the east. See under that name.

, Klamath County. Fuego Mountain is in the east central part of the Klamath Indian Reservation. Fuego is Spanish for fire. Captain O. C. Applegate told the writer that in early days there were several bad forest fires on this butte, and owing to remoteness, they were hard to control. He thinks this was the reason for the name.

, Sherman County. Fulton Canyon is in the northwest part of the county. It was named for the Fulton family, pioneer settlers in Wasco and Sherman counties. Colonel James Fulton was born in Missouri and came to Oregon in 1847. He served in the Indian wars and subsequently settled in Wasco County. Later he lived with other members of his family in Fulton Canyon. He was the postmaster at the post office of Fultonville, now discontinued. He died in 1896. His son, John Fulton, was born in Yamhill County in 1852. He took up a claim in what is now Fulton Canyon in 1878. He was for many years county judge of Sherman County. It is said that Fulton Canyon was originally called Eaton Canyon, but it is not now known by that name.

, Lane County. This is a tributary of Salmon Creek east of Oakridge. It was named for James Furnish, a forest ranger. Furnish was of the opinion that there was no such stream in the neighborhood and when it was finally discovered it was named for him as a reminder of his error.

, Klamath County. On April 10, 1890, the name of Tule Lake post office in the south part of Klamath County was changed to Gale. It seems probable that the office was moved, although the compiler does not have exact information. Williston D. Woodcock was the postmaster at the time the name was changed from Tule Lake. He continued to operate the Gale post office until March 6, 1891, when the name was changed back to Tule Lake. In September, 1948, R. H. Anderson of Klamath Falls wrote that he had talked to a Mrs. Johnson, daughter of Woodcock, and in 1948 living at Lakeview. She said she remembered the circumstances of the post office very clearly. The family had difficulty in selecting a name for the new office and finally someone suggested that it be called Gale because of the severe winds and sand storms that then prevailed. This name was in use only about a year.

, Grant County. Galena was a post office in the valley of