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H suggested by Mrs. Crow because it was the name of a favorite niece. Officials accepted this suggestion but changed the spelling to Lorane as a matter of simplicity and also because there were already several Loraines in the country.

LORD FLAT, Wallowa County. This flat is near Snake River. It is sometimes known as Buckaroo Flat. It was named for James Lord, who hunted and ranged stock there.

LORELLA, Klamath County. Lorella was first known as Haynesville, and the post office was established August 3, 1887, with Joseph K. Haynes, postmaster. It is said that the place was confused with Haines, Baker County, and as a result the name was changed to Lorella on December 13, 1894. Captain 0. C. Applegate of Klamath Falls told the compiler that this was in honor of Mrs. Lorella Wisner, a local resident. Lost CREEK, Lane County. This stream flows north into Middle Fork Willamette River near Dexter and it drains a north-south valley several miles long. In earlier days the vale was generally called Lost Valley, and the valley may have been named before the creek. Walling in Illustrated History of Lane County says that Elijah Bristow named the valley, but the exact reason is uncertain. It is probable that the name was applied because the valley was quite secluded. Lost Lake, Hood River County. This lake is said to have been originally known as Blue Lake, and it is stated that the Walk Up Trail from The Dalles to Sandy River passed by it. This does not agree with information printed in Mazama for December, 1920, which is to the effect that the lake was discovered by Joe and John Diver. Acting on information gathered from these two men by E. L. Smith of Hood River, a party of twelve was organized in 1880 for the purpose of locating the lake. It is of course possible that the Diver brothers called it Blue Lake. The searching party started to look for the lake on August 18, 1880. Dr. T. L. Eliot wrote an account of this search which appeared in the Oregonian on August 27, 1880. The party found the lake and christened it Lost Lake. Owing to the smoke and some misunderstanding of routes the party did not find the search any too easy, and the old story: "Indian not lost-wigwam lost," furnished the basis for the name. Dr. Eliot made several efforts to learn the Indian name of this lake but was unsuccessful. Lost PRAIRIE, Wallowa County. Lost Prairie is an area not well defined, lying southeast of Grande Ronde River, north of Courtney Creek and west of East Bear Creek. It is not exactly a prairie, but a series of benches separated by canyons. The locality was named by A. C. Smith in the late '70s. He and a party of settlers were following a band of renegade Indians who had run off with some stock. Smith and his party got to a place where the trail ran out on them, and they named the locality Lost Prairie. There was a post office called Lost Prairie, established about 1887. R. H. Bacon was postmaster. The postal map of 1900 shows this office a little south of the Oregon-Washington state line and close to Grande Ronde River. It was in the south part of section 19, township 6 north, range 44 east. Lost River, Klamath County. This stream rises in California and flows into Oregon. It formerly debouched into Tule Lake, but it is now controlled for irrigation, and as a result Tule Lake is being dried up and reclaimed for farm land. During its course through Langell Valley Lost River disappears for several miles, hence its name. The