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Railway Company. In later years he lived in San Francisco, where he died January 15, 1934. He was one of the foremost business men of the Pacifice Coast and was interested in timber, lumber, shipping, fishing and various mercantile enterprises. Silas B. Smith says that the Clatsop name of the Indian village near the present site of Hammond was Ne-ahk-stow. See OHQ, volume I, page 321.

HAMNER BUTTE, Klamath County. Hamner Butte is a prominent mountain southeast of Davis Lake. It was named for Frank Hamner, a homesteader near Black Rock south of the butte.

HAMPTON BUTTE, Deschutes County. Hampton Butte is really a group of dissected hills, part of which is in Crook County. The summit, with an elevation of 6333 feet, is apparently in Deschutes County. W. P. Vandevert of Bend told the compiler in 1926 that the butte was named for one Joe Hampton, who moved into Hampton Valley in the '70s from near Eugene. There is a description of the butte in USGS Bulletin 252, which says that it was the result of explosive volcanic eruptions, which discharged acid lavas and probably furnished most of the material for the extended tuff sheets forming the surface of much of the adjacent country. The butte is of importance geologically and is well described in detail by Dr. I. C. Russell in the bulletin mentioned above. Hampton post office was established in 1911. A. S. Fogg, the first postmaster, suggested naming the office for the butte.

HANCOCK CREEK, Clackamas County. Hancock Creek drains a small area east of Molalla. Its waters find their way into Molalla River. Isaac V. Trullinger is authority for the statement that a man named Hancock operated a small sawmill on the stream and the creek was named in compliment to him. "HANDY, Marion and Clackamas counties. The post office called Handy had an interesting history from two distinct aspects. It was given a descriptive name by its enthusiastic promoters who did not wish to travel several miles for their mail. Also, it was moved bodily from one county to another though the distance was not great. There have been several Oregon post offices that have appeared on the lists for two different counties but these situations have generally been the result of moving the county boundaries. In the case of Handy the office was moved. Handy post office was established April 18, 1896, on the Marion County list. Samuel Sweaney was the first postmaster. This office was moved to the Clackamas County list probably some time in September, 1898, and the new postmaster was Pearliette Killin. After this change the office went in service on the east side of Butte Creek near the Killin bridge. A little later Pearliette Killin became Mrs. Pearliette K. Pendleton. The office was discontinued in June, 1903, apparently as a result of the extension of rural delivery. The following quotation is from the editorial of the Canby Herald for June 17, 1948: "The post office was established in 1896 by Samuel Sweaney on the Marion County side of Butte Creek serving Union community. The Sweaneys named it Handy for the simple and logical reason that it was handy to have a post office there instead of having to traipse all the way to Woodburn to get the mail."

HANOVER, Baker County. Some of the place names in the early mining areas present problems that so far have been unsolved by the compiler. Such a case is that of Hanover post office, established Novem