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Tomeleaf River. On his return trip, Work used the name Lamitambuff on July 1, 1834. David Douglas used the form Longtabuff River. Wilkes spelled it Lumtumbuff in 1841. See OHQ for September 1923, page 264.

LOOKINGGLASS, Douglas County. Lookingglass Valley was visited in 1846, according to local stories, by Hoy Flournoy, and he is said to have named the valley because of the beautiful appearance of the green grass in the valley, which reflected the light almost as well as a mirror.

LOOKINGGLASS CREEK, Umatilla and Union counties. This stream flows into Grande Ronde River from the west. It bears the name of Lookingglass, a chief of the Nez Perce, who was so called by the whites because he carried with him a small looking-glass. His Indian name was Apash-wa-hay-ikt. For information about him see The Life of Isaac Ingalls Stevens, by Hazard Stevens.

LOOKOUT CREEK, Baker County. This stream is in township 14 south, range 351%, and 36 east. It was at one time known as Sheep Creek, but the USBGN was prevailed upon to rename it Lookout Creek because there were already too many Sheep creeks in that part of the state.

LOOKOUT CREEK, Wallowa County. Lookout Creek flows into Snake River in the southeast part of township 3 north, range 50 east. The stream was named because of the difficulty in operating pack trains on the ridge above. Packers had to be on the lookout to see that their horses did not roll off the trail. It is said that the name was given by James and Nate Tryon.

LOOKOUT RocK, Curry County. This is a well-known and peculiar landmark on the Oregon coast about four miles south of Humbug Mountain. It is just west of the Oregon Coast Highway, and rises almost vertically several hundred feet above the ocean. This descriptive name was given in the '50s, probably during the mining excitement. George Davidson in the Coast Pilot, 1889, page 373, says the Indian name for the rock was Nog-gi-sa, but gives no explanation.

LOON LAKE, Douglas County. Walling, in History of Southern Oregon, page 439, says that in 1852 S. S. Williams, Joseph Peters and Job Hatheld, while on an exploring expedition from Scottsburg, found this lake. In the center was a floating log with a loon's nest containing two eggs. Two loons were observed at some distance in the water. The eggs were packed in moss and taken to Wilbur Academy. In view of these facts the lake was named Loon Lake. Gabrielson and Jewett in Birds of Oregon, page 64, et seq., describe three loons that are found in Oregon.

LOONEY BUTTE, Marion County. Looney Butte is a few miles north of Jefferson and is skirted on its east slope by the Pacific Highway East. It has an elevation of 630 feet. It was named for Jesse Looney, who came to Oregon in 1843. He was one of the leaders of the migration that year. He died March 25, 1869, aged eighty-eight years. His home was near Looney Butte, where his descendants still reside. His wife, Ruby Crawford Bond, died there May 7, 1900, aged ninety-two years. For biography of Jesse Looney, see the Oregonian, March 27, 1869, page 2. For information about the Looney family, see the Oregonian, August 1, 1926, section I, page 11.

LORANE, Lane County. This post office was established May 27, 1887, with William N. Crow postmaster. In February, 1947, Mrs. L. H. Johnson of Eugene, a niece of Crow, wrote that postal authorities asked Crow to submit several names for the proposed office. The name Loraine was