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plied 5k City" J. Will Glen Drift Creek or one of its tributaries. Glen post office was established January 17, 1894, with Simeon J. Wilhoit first of three postmasters. The office was closed to Elk City on June 30, 1912. The name Glen is said to have been applied by Jerry Banks in honor of some town where he had lived previously, but the compiler has been unable to identify the place.

GLENADA, Lane County. Glenada townsite was platted by Geo. H. Colter about 1890. The writer is informed that since the place was in a circle of the Siuslaw River, it was called "Glen-Ada," the Ada being for Mrs. Colter. Why the circle of the river suggested Glen has not been explained. Postal authorities played havoc with Colter's name by condensing it into Glenada. The office was established about 1890 with Margaret I. Grant first postmaster. She was a sister of Mrs. Colter. Colter was born in Nova Scotia in 1846 and died on May 8, 1934.

GLENBROOK, Benton County. The descriptive name Glenbrook was given to a post office that operated in the foothills of the Coast Range a few miles west of Monroe. The office was established May 4, 1898, with Ella Atkins first postmaster. It was discontinued January 17, 1905, about the time many other offices were closed because of the establishment of rural free delivery. The locality called Glenbrook is on Hammer Creek about three miles southwest of Alpine.

GLENCOE, Washington County. The community called Glencoe has been absorbed by the village of North Plains, of which it constitutes the northeast part. In October, 1945, the writer was told by J. M. Brown of Hillsboro that Glencoe was named by Charles McKay for the place in Scotland with the melancholy history. McKay was a Scot, although available records indicate that he was born at sea in 1808. The naming of Glencoe, Oregon, must have been for sentimental reasons because physically the location does not resemble the place in Scotland by any stretch of the imagination. The post office at Glencoe was established January 9, 1871, with William H. Silvers postmaster. The office was discontinued in December, 1904.

GLENCULLEN, Multnomah County. Glencullen is a community in the extreme southwest part of Portland. It was named in compliment to Captain John Winchell Cullen, a prominent pioneer citizen of Oregon. Cullen was born at La Porte, Indiana, June 18, 1838, and came to Oregon in 1847. He fought in the Indian wars of 1855-56 and also in the Civil War. He took part in many affairs of importance in developing the state. He died in Portland December 14, 1939, and is buried in Lone Fir Cemetery. For information about Captain Cullen, see editorial page of the Oregon Journal for November 30, 1937.

GLENDALE, Douglas County. When the railroad was extended south from Roseburg in 1881-83, Solomon Abraham acted as right-ofway agent, and platted several communities, including the present site of Glendale. This site he named Julia, for Mrs. Abraham. The chief engineer of the railroad, Charles A. F. Morris, and Abraham got into a controversy about the townsites, and Morris changed the name of the station from Julia to Glendale, although the post office and townsite remained as before. This resulted in confusion, and the post office was subsequently changed from Julia to Glendale. There are several stories as to why the name Glendale was selected. Will G. Steel says it was suggested by G. Wingate, for the Scottish glens. Albert Abraham of Roseburg, son of Solomon Abraham, told the writer that