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1902. It was named for Mrs. Glentena Barbour, the wife of the first postmaster.

GLENWOOD, Washington County. This name is said to have been originated about 1880, and was adopted because the natural surroundings suggested a glen in the woods. It is not inappropriate, differing in this respect from many similar names in the state. The post office was established in August, 1886, with Nira E. Catching postmaster. The office has not always been in the same location.

GLIDE, Douglas County. The post office at Glide was established in 1890, and Virginia C. Laird was the first postmaster. According to information furnished the compiler, Mrs. Laird had considerable difficulty thinking of a suitable name for the new office until one day she observed her small son playing about and singing, "The River Goes Gliding Along." Without more ado Mrs. Laird christened the place "Glide," and it has been gliding along ever since.

GLISAN GLACIER, Hood River County. In the summer of 1937, Kenneth N. Phillips, chairman, and other members of the MazamasResearch Committee made a study of the ice fields on the northwest slope of Mount Hood, and among other things recommended that the name Glisan Glacier be applied to an ice stream lying between Sandy and Ladd glaciers and just east of Cathedral Ridge. The name was approved by USBGN in 1938. The name Glisan Glacier is in honor of Rodney Lawrence Glisan, well-known citizen of Portland, prominent because of his high character and his long devotion to the study of many phases of natural history and mountaineering and exploring and to outdoor photography. Rodney L. Glisan was born in Portland April 3, 1869. He was educated at Bishop Scott Academy, and after studies in Paris, attended Yale, where he was graduated in 1890. He was admitted to the Oregon bar in 1892. He served in the Portland city council and also in the Oregon legislature and was on the Portland charter revision committee. He was much interested in sports and played on the first football team of the Multnomah Athletic Club and was a member of the Portland Rowing Club. He was president of the Mazamas in 1903. He died in Portland May 6, 1934.

GOBLE, Columbia County. This place was first settled by Daniel B. Goble, in April, 1853. He took up a donation land claim, and later sold it to George S. Foster, who laid out the town and named it for the previous owner. Goble was born in Ohio in 1815 and arrived in Oregon in August, 1852. His land office certificate was numbered 4157.

GODS VALLEY, Clatsop and Tillamook counties. Gods Valley lies east and south of North Fork Nehalem River, and drains into that stream by means of Gods Valley Creek, the mouth of which is in the extreme south part of Clatsop County. It was named many years ago. In December, 1945, J. H. Scott of Nehalem wrote the compiler in part as follows: "The valley was discovered by John Hunt and E. K, Scovell, who were hunting elk on the North Fork and followed a trail east over the ridge and down into an unknown valley where they found and shot several elk. It is reported that they were badly in need of meat, and when they shot the elk, one of them said, What shall we call this valley?' The other replied, "We needed meat and God led us here, so let's call it Gods Valley.' The largest spruce tree in Oregon or Washington is said to be