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LIGHTNING CREEK, Wallowa County. Lightning Creek was so named because of the frequent storms in the neighborhood. The stream flows into Little Sheep Creek east of Enterprise.

LIGHTNING CREEK, Wallowa County. This is an important tributary to Imnaha River, into which it flows in township 3 north, range 49 east. According to J. H. Horner of Enterprise, it was named because of an incident connected with Abe Tharp who later homesteaded on the creek. Tharp and James Wilson once had great difficulty working their way down the creek and when they met Jack Johnson on the Imnaha, they told him they had had a "lightning" time making the trip because it was so rough. Johnson told Horner this was the origin of the name.

LILLY LAKE, Wallowa County. This lake in township 4 south, range 43 east, was named for Samuel W. Lilly, a resident of Wallowa Valley. The name was applied by J. H. Jackson, who stocked the lake with fish about 1914.

LILYGLEN, Jackson County. Lilyglen is a locality on the Dead Indian road northeast of Ashland, at the Lindsay ranch, owned by Charles and William Lindsay. The name was suggested by Mrs. Lindsay, mother of the two ranchers, on account of the wild mountain lilies that grew in the surrounding meadows. Lilyglen post office was established August 13, 1904, with William Lindsay postmaster. The office was closed May 31, 1909, but the locality is still called Lilyglen. It is in the east part of township 38 south, range 3 east.

LIME, Baker County. This post office received its name because lime is manufactured nearby. There are large deposits of limestone in the neighborhood.

LINCOLN, Jackson County. Lincoln is a community on the Green Springs Highway a little west of Pinehurst. A story about this lumbering town in Medford Mail-Tribune, September 29, 1929, says that it was named for Lincoln, New Hampshire, by the Henry family, which owned the Oregon mill and formerly operated in New England.

LINCOLN, Polk County. This community, which is on the west bank of Willamette River north of Salem, is said to have been named for Abraham Lincoln. The post office was established May 31, 1867, with Daniel J. Cooper postmaster. There had previously been an office at or near this location, called Valfontis. See under that heading. For story about Lincoln community, see Salem Capital Journal, June 17, 1941. Lincoln post office was discontinued about 1901 and patrons have been served by a rural route from Salem.

LINCOLN BEACH, Lincoln County. Lincoln Beach is a summer resort area about three miles north of Depoe Bay on the Oregon City Highway. It was so named because it was in Lincoln County. The post office was established May 22, 1933, with George W. Betts postmaster.

LINCOLN COUNTY. Lincoln County was created February 20, 1893, by the state legislature and was named for Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States. The county has a land area of 1006 square miles.

LINDSEY CREEK, Hood River County. This stream is reported to