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river rather than to the stream itself. It seems not to have been the custom of many Oregon tribes to name streams, but places along streams. The Klamath Indians were an exception to this rule. The site of Fort Clatsop was acquired by the Oregon Historical Society in 1901. It comprises three acres of land, two miles from Youngs Bay, on Lewis and Clark River. For description of the place, see the Oregonian, June 27, 1885, page 3.

LEWIS GLACIER, Deschutes County. This small glacier is on the southeast slope of South Sister and was named for Meriwether Lewis by Professor Edwin T. Hodge of the University of Oregon in 1924. The most comprehensive information about Meriwether Lewis is to be found in Elliott Coues History of the Expedition of Lewis and Clark, volume I. Lewis was born August 18, 1774, near Charlottesville, Virginia, of distinguished family. At the age of 20 he enlisted in the militia to suppress the Whisky Insurrection, and three years later had reached the rank of captain. In 1801 he became private secretary to President Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson accepted, in 1803, Lewis' offer to become a member of the expedition to explore the West. On April 30, 1803, the treaty concluding the Louisiana purchase was signed at Paris, and in the summer of that year the party under the joint command of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark set out for the Pacific Ocean. The expedition was successful, and the leaders were in Washington again in February, 1807. Lewis was rewarded by being made governor of Louisiana. His death occurred October ll, 1809, in the exact center of what is now Lewis County, Tennessee, this county having been created in his honor. The manner of his end is a mystery. There is some belief that he committed suicide during a fit of mental derangement, but the weight of evidence seems to indicate that he was murdered for his money. Coues discusses this at some length. For other information about Lewis and the expedition see Thwaites, Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

LEWISBURG, Benton County. Haman C. Lewis, a pioneer of 1845, settled near this place on a donation land claim, and the station bears his name. Lewis was a member of the Oregon constitutional convention.

LEWISBURG, Marion County. Lewisburg post office was named for a family of pioneer settlers, information about which will be found in Down's History of the Silverton Country, page 92. Daniel P. Lewis came to Oregon in 1851 and settled near Drift Creek in the Waldo Hills. Lewisburg post office was established in April, 1889, with Samuel Lewis first of seven postmasters. The office was closed in April, 1904. The office was probably moved around, but was generally about eight miles southsoutheast of Silverton. In later years the locality was called Victor Point but the writer has not been able to learn why.

LEWISVILLE, Polk County. John T. Ford of Dallas wrote the compiler on October 3, 1927, that Lewisville was named for David R. Lewis, a pioneer of 1845. The community is on the Lewis donation land claim. David R. Lewis certificate was numbered 2995.

LEXINGTON, Morrow County. The town of Lexington was named by William Penland, a prominent and successful pioneer resident of that part of Morrow County. He was a native of Lexington, Kentucky, and when he founded the new town he called it for his birthplace. Lexington post office was established November 11, 1885, with Nathaniel A. Yeats first postmaster.