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office was first established July 31, 1886, with John J. Galloway postmaster. The office served intermittently until September 30, 1915, when it was closed out to Echo.

GALLS CREEK, Jackson County. Named for Jacob Gall, who settled on this stream on September 7, 1852. The spelling Galls is in general use. The form Gauls is wrong.

GARDEN CREEK, Wallowa County. This stream is in township 6 north, range 47 east, and is in the very northeast corner of the state. It flows into Snake River, and according to J. H. Horner of Enterprise was named because an early settler had a fine garden on a bar at the mouth of the creek.

GARDEN HOME, Washington County. This name is mildly sentimental, and may be classified with Sweet Home, Pleasant Valley and others of that class. The community of Garden Home has existed for many years, and became prominent when the Oregon Electric Railway was built. The site of the present Garden Home station is somewhat east of the older settlement.

GARDEN VALLEY, Douglas County. This valley, at the junction of North and South Umpqua rivers gets its name from the character of the soil, which is well adapted to vegetable and garden products. See Walling's History of Southern Oregon, page 432.

GARDINER, Douglas County. Gardiner is on the north bank of the Umpqua River near its mouth. It is an historic community of Oregon, and bears the name of a Boston merchant who sought to trade on Umpqua River. His vessel, the Bostonian, was wrecked at the mouth of the river October 1, 1850. Most of the goods on the vessel were saved and moved to the location of what was subsequently the town of Gardiner. The place became the headquarters of the Umpqua customs district in 1851, with Colin Wilson as collector. See advertisement in the Oregonian, December 6, 1851. The community is described in the Oregonian for June 23, 1855. The post office of Gardiner's City was established on June 30, 1851, with Geo. L. Snelling first postmaster. The form Gardiner City was used on October 20, 1853, which was the date that Harrison Spicer became postmaster. The place is now officially known as Gardiner.

GARFIELD, Clackamas County. Garfield is about three miles east of Estacada. It is not now a post office. It was named for James A. Garfield, twentieth president of the United States. A post office with the name Leon was established in this locality May 1, 1893. The name was changed to Garfield May 26, 1897, and the office was closed February 15, 1906.

GARFIELD PEAK, Crater Lake National Park, Klamath County. This peak is on the south rim of Crater Lake and has an elevation of 8060 feet. It was named by Will G. Steel for James R. Garfield, then Secretary of the Interior, on July 15, 1907. Garfield was the first cabinet officer to visit Crater Lake.

GARIBALDI, Tillamook County. T. B. Handley, an attorney of Portland, wrote the compiler on October 1, 1927, that his grandfather, Daniel Bayley, was one of the first white settlers in Tillamook County, and in the '60s named the community of Garibaldi for the Italian patriot. D. D. Bayley was an ardent admirer of Garibaldi, and wanted his name perpetuated in Oregon. Giuseppe Garibaldi was born in Italy July 4 1807. His life was at all times eventful, and he had been condemned