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of that time he spent on the Whitman National Forest. He also served on the Deschutes National Forest and at the regional office in Portland up to the time of his death in 1941.

ANGLERSVALE, Tillamook County. The post office Anglersvale was first called Firglen. It was established with that name on September 8, 1916, with L. S. Miller postmaster. The name was changed to Anglersvale in November, 1916, and the office was closed in February, 1919. According to J. H. Scott of Nehalem, Miller was a civil engineer connected with the Pacific Railway and Navigation Company. A fishing camp was established on Nehalem River about opposite the mouth of Cook Creek. The place was first called Firglen, though the records show that some tracts were platted with the name Minnehaha. There were accommodations for fishermen who traveled to the place by rail and thus furnished traffic for the railroad. The change of name to Anglersvale was because it was thought to be a name that would be better advertising. As the automobile came into greater use, fishermen were diverted to other streams. Anglersvale was at or close to the place now known as Batterson.

ANGORA, Lincoln County. Angora post office which was a few miles west of Alsea was named for the goats raised in the vicinity. It was in the southeast part of township 13 south, range 9 west, on or near Fall Creek at a point not far above the mouth of that stream. The office was established March 11, 1899, with Otto Dieckhoff first postmaster, and was discontinued June 29, 1907.

ANIDEM, Linn County. Anidem is one of those names which was formed by spelling another word backward. Oregon has had a number of post offices with this type of name. Most of them have faded from the picture. Anidem was established January 10, 1896, with William B. Lawler first postmaster. It was reached by twenty miles of rough mountain trail south of Gates. The office was discontinued June 16, 1902. It was apparently at a mining property on or near Quartzville Creek. Lawler had previously lived at a community or locality called Medina, possibly in Colorado. Why he chose to burden his mining development with such an odd name as Anidem is a mystery to the compiler. In 1906 there were approximately a dozen post offices in the United States with the name Medina but none in Colorado. However, there may have been a Medina mine in Colorado, These post offices were probably all named for Medina in Arabia, although it is of course possible that in some cases the name Medina was of Spanish origin. The compiler does not know why the name Medina turned out to be so popular in the United States.

ANKENY BOTTOM, Marion County. This bottom has a general elevation of about 200 feet and is situated on the east bank of the Willamette River just north of the mouth of the Santiam River. It was named for Henry E. Ankeny, son of Captain A. P. Ankeny, who developed a farm there in the '70s. Henry E. Ankeny was born in West Virginia in 1844, came to Oregon in 1850 with his father, and died December 21, 1906. See Carey's History of Oregon, volume II, page 538. Ankeny post office was at or near the Ankeny home on the northeast edge of Ankeny Bottom. It was established in February, 1889. The name of the office was changed to Sidney in May, 1894, and moved about a mile west to a new location.

ANLAUF, Douglas County. This is a station north of Drain, on the Siskiyou line of the Southern Pacific Company. It was named for a pioneer family of the vicinity. The post office was established May 1, 1901. with James A. Sterling first postmaster.