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AUGUR CREEK, Lake County. This stream is northwest of Lakeview. The compiler is certain that it was named for Captain C. C. Augur, U. S. Army, who was a participant in early Indian wars in Oregon. The name was doubtless applied during the Snake War in 1864. C. Č. Augur was born in 1821, and graduated from West Point. During the Civil War he became major-general of volunteers, and was a brigadier-general in the regular establishment. He died in 1898.

AUGUSTA, Baker County. Augusta post office operated from August 10, 1871, to October 11, 1872, with William T. Atkeson postmaster. The office was on Eagle Creek not far from the place later called Sanger, and is said to have been named for a Miss Augusta Parkwood, the first unmarried woman resident, See under SANGER.

AUGUSTA CREEK, Lane County. Augusta Creek is an important tributary of South Fork McKenzie River, flowing in from the south. It was named for Miss Augusta Young, daughter of Carl Young, an early day forest ranger in the McKenzie River country. Augusta Young was later Mrs. Starr.

AUMSVILLE, Marion County. This community is on the site of Henry L. Turner's pioneer farm, and Turner and his sons and son-in-law, Amos M. Davis, built a flour mill there, and for a time the place was called Hoggum, because there were so many pigs about. Before the mill was completed, Amos Davis died, on December 26, 1863. Turner was very fond of his son-in-law, who was generally called Aumus, and after Amosdeath, he named the place Aumsville. Post office authorities state that the first post office was called Condit, and was established July 10, 1862, with Cyrenius Condit postmaster. The name of the office was changed to Aumsville March 11, 1868, with John W. Cusick postmaster. The Condit post office was first on the Condit property about three miles southwest of the present site of Aumsville. About 1865 it was moved about a mile and a half west to the William Morris place. It was moved to Aumsville when the name was changed in 1868.

AURORA, Marion County. Aurora was the center of a German colony, and is now on the main line of the Southern Pacific Company and also on the Pacific Highway East about 28 miles from Portland. The town was founded by Dr. William Keil March 20, 1857, and was named for his daughter. Keil was born in Prussia in 1811 and died in 1877. The colony was founded in 1855, coming from Bethel, Missouri, where Dr. Keil founded a colony in 1845. After his death, private property succeeded his community system. See Scott's History of the Oregon Country, volume II, page 324, which refers to several articles on the subject. Aurora Mills post office was established December 30, 1857, with William Keil first postmaster. The name was changed to Aurora on December 10, 1894.

AUSTIN, Grant County. This community was named for Mr. and Mrs. Minot Austin, early settlers, who operated a small store and hotel not far from the present site of the town. The post office was established in 1888.

AVERY, Benton County. This is a station on the Southern Pacific Company line about two miles south of Corvallis. It was named for Joseph C. Avery, a pioneer of 1845. He was the first owner of the site of