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 holdings in Lake County. The springs are mentioned by John Work in his journals under the date of October 21, 1832. See California Historical Society Quarterly, September, 1943, pages 205 and 215. Indians of northern California and Nevada used hot springs as places to deposit their dead.

HUNTINGTON, Baker County. This place was named for J. B. and J. M. Huntington, brothers, who settled there in 1882. The place was originally Miller stage station. J. B. Huntington bought out Miller. J. M. Huntington was the first postmaster.

HUNTS, Jackson County. Hunts was the name of a post office in the extreme east part of the county on the old mail route from Ashland northeast to Pelican Bay. The office operated from April, 1898, until June, 1902, with Arthur F. Hunt postmaster, and it was named with his family name. The place was about twenty miles eastward of Ashland.

HUNTS MILL POINT, Clatsop County. This point is between Clifton and Wauna. It was named for Hunts Mill, a pioneer sawmill owned by Henry H. Hunt and Ben Wood. This mill was built during the winter of 1843-44, and began operations in 1844. Edward Otey, a pioneer of 1843, was the millwright. Hunt Creek, nearby, was named for the same reason. Hunts Mill was the first sawmill in Clatsop County.

HURLBURT, Multnomah County. Mr. and Mrs. John Quincy Adams Hurlburt made settlement in the east part of Multnomah County about 1877 or 1878 at a point about three miles southeast of Springdale. The Hurlburt home was on a bench about a half mile northeast of Sandy River and about 800 feet west of what was later Hurlburt School. Hurlburt post office was established in the Hurlburt home on June 20, 1899, with John A. Hurlburt postmaster. By this time Mr. Hurlburt had discarded the Quincy part of his name. The office was closed November 14, 1903, apparently because of the extension of rural free delivery.

HURON, Umatilla County. Huron is a station on the Union Pacific Railroad about eight miles northeast of Meacham. The station is also on Meacham Creek. Huron was apparently named for one Jake Huron, who in company with Eph Johnson, operated a pioneer sawmill in this locality. The mill was later purchased by Wilbur and Son. It produced much of the ties and timber used to build the railroad. It is said that Huron station was originally called Reardon for a track laying foreman. This name was later changed to Laka and still later to Huron, but the compiler does not know the dates. Huron post office was in operation from May, 1905, to June, 1913.

HURRICANE CREEK, Wallowa County. Named by C. A. Smith in the early '80s. He explored the creek after a big storm and found a great many trees blown down. In 1931 J. H. Horner of Enterprise told the compiler that the first saw mill in the Wallowa Valley was built on this creek about 1878 by E. V. Cohorn.

HUTCHINSON, Baker County. Hutchinson, a station on the Union Pacific Railroad about five miles northwest of Haines, was named for a local family. The post office was established August 3, 1900, with James H. Hutchinson first postmaster. The office was discontinued August 5, 1902.

IBEX BUTTE, Crook County. Ibex Butte is in the south part of the county, in the northwest quarter of township 20 south, range 23 east. There is also a Little Ibex Butte nearby, and the two features are about 25 miles