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by the state legislature and was taken from the western part of Umatilla County. For data about the boundaries of Morrow and Umatilla counties at the time Morrow County was created, see OHQ, volume XI, number 1, which contains an article, "Oregon Counties," by Frederick V. Holman. The following editorial from the Oregonian for November 5, 1909, gives details concerning the naming of this county: "A letter to the Oregonian asserts that Morrow County, Oregon, was named for Colonel H. A. Morrow, a soldier of the Civil War, stationed later at Vancouver; and the writer desires to correct the Oregonian's statement that it was named for an early pioneer. But the Oregonian's statement was correct. The county was named for Jackson L. Morrow, one of the very earliest settlers there. He first settled on Puget Sound, and Shelton Bay, in 1853; a few years later went to eastern Oregon, and was a member of the legislature from Umatilla when Morrow was formed out of a part of that county. In the debate about what the name of the new county should be, some one said: 'Let's call it for Jack Morrow; he is entitled to the honor.' "For Morrow's biography, see the Oregonian, April 18, 1898. Morrow County has an area of 2059 square miles.

MOSBY CREEK, Lane County. This stream has its source on the western slopes of the Cascade Range, and has a length of approximately twenty miles. It flows into Row River, about two miles southwest of Cottage Grove, at an elevation of about 665 feet. It was named for David Mosby, who settled on its banks near its mouth in pioneer days. The creek was once known as Brumbaugh Creek, but that name did not prevail.

MOSIER, Wasco County. Mosier is a pioneer settlement on the Columbia River. J. H. Mosier started the community about 1853-54 by settling on a claim near the mouth of Mosier Creek. Mr. and Mrs. Mosier ran an impromptu stage station, a stopping place for travelers. Jonah H. Mosier was born March 10, 1821, in Maryland, and moved to Missouri in 1839, and learned cabinet making. He went to California in 1849, but returned to the eastern states. He came to Oregon in 1853, and soon settled on his homestead. He served in the Oregon legislature and died in 1894. Pierce Mays, prominent Wasco County resident, told the writer that Mosier's large collection of artificial books in a handsome cabinet was one of the best of its kind in Oregon. He once tried to read one of the wooden books.

MOSQUITE, Malheur County. Mosquite is a locality in the northeast corner of the county, on the west bank of Snake River ten or a dozen miles north of Ontario. Mosquite post office was established April 18, 1893, with one Shepherd first postmaster, but with what given name and of what sex cannot be determined from available records. The office was finally closed May 31, 1911. The name is obviously intended to be that of a shrub, the mesquite, but as far as the compiler can determine no variety of the mesquite grows in Oregon. Moss BUTTE, Linn County. Moss Butte, elevation about 2600 feet, is a prominent cone standing near the middle of section 3, township 14 south, range 2 east, just south of South Santiam River at a point about ten miles eastward of Sweet Home. In September, 1946, W. R. Mealey of Foster wrote the compiler that the butte was named for Mack Moss, a very early settler of the Sweet Home area, who roamed the South Santiam hunting and exploring. 13 WA Tv en ha om U21 21