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of Crescent, a comparatively short distance away, and it was thought advisable to avoid duplication.

HUBBARD, Marion County. Hubbard was named for Charles Hubbard, who was born in Kentucky February 14, 1800, and came to Oregon in 1847. A few months after his arrival in Oregon City with his family, he was visited by Thomas Hunt, a squatter not far from Pudding River, and induced to rent Hunt's land while Hunt went gold seeking in California. Hunt was never heard from again, and Hubbard bought the right in the claim from Hunt's widow, and settled there. He built a cabin in 1849 about where Hubbard High School stood in 1926. The railroad was built through that part of the Willamette Valley in 1870 and Charles Hubbard gave land for a station, and laid out a townsite, which was named for him. He died on Mission Bottom in 1884.

HUBBARD CREEK, Curry County. In February, 1944, Louis L. Knapp of Port Orford wrote the compiler as follows: "Hubbard Creek empties into the ocean one mile southeast of Port Orford. Captain William Tichenor, in founding the town of Port Orford in 1851, had as one of his partners Isaac M, Hubbard, who was also purser in the steamship Sea Gull. Mr. Hubbard was to have a land claim on the east side of the town through which runs this large stream. Thereafter people generally referred to it as Hubbard Creek." It is a coincidence that Dr. Alonzo Hubbard of Scituate, Massachusetts, made at least two trips to Curry County in very early days. An account of one of these trips is in a story with the title "Wild Life in Oregon," by William V. Wells, Harper's Magazine, October, 1856, but the compiler has found no evidence that connects Dr. Hubbard's name with the stream.

HUBBARD LAKE, Marion County. Hubbard Lake, northwest of Waconda, was named for W. C. Hubbard, who owned land on its banks. He was an early settler.

HUBER, Washington County. Huber is a station west of Beaverton. It bears the name of Jacob Huber, an early resident. The community was established about 1910 and the post office in 1916.

HUCKLEBERRY MOUNTAIN, Wallowa County. This point is a very prominent peak in the Wallowa Mountains and has an elevation of about 5547 feet. It is in the extreme northwest corner of township 2 south, range 43 east. It was named in early days by Sam Wade and William Masterson, who ran stock on the mountain. Their families camped on the mountain for many years.

HUDSON, Columbia County. Hudson is a locality about five miles west of Rainier and close to Beaver Creek. It was named for a local family. Hudson post office was established June 20, 1892, and was discontinued October 31, 1913. Susan A. Hudson was the first of five postmasters.

HUDSON BAY, Umatilla County. This name is attached peculiarly to a tract of land, or a flat, and not to a body of water. Hudson Bay is west of Freewater, and is so named because many years ago the Hudson's Bay Company operated a farm and grazed stock on the plain. The name is definitely established and is in universal use, notwithstanding its oddity. Isaac Í. Stevens visited the Hudson's Bay Company farm on November 4, 1853, and the visit is mentioned on page 152 of the Pacific Railroad Surveys Reports, volume XII, book I. Hug Point, Clatsop County. Hug Point is on Cannon Beach. It is so called because it is necessary to hug the rocks to get around the