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 was closed in 1887. Postal records show that a new office with the name Petteys was opened November 9, 1900, with S. Pearl Jones postmaster. This office was in service until May 15, 1901. It was named for Amanuel C. Petteys, who came to Oregon about 1854 and for a time lived near Salem. He was interested in livestock and moved to the Willow Creek country probably before the '70s. The name of the old post office Pettysville represented a misspelling of the family name and produced some irritation. Petteys operated the stage station until the railroad came about 1888. See also under PETTYSVILLE.

PETTYSVILLE, Morrow County. Pettysville was an important stopping point for early-day travel. It was near the present site of Ione, perhaps a little to the east at the point where Rhea Creek flows into Willow Creek. A post office with the name Willow Forks was established in this locality on June 3, 1872, with Amanuel C. Petty postmaster. The name of the office seems to be descriptive of the juncture of the two streams at this point. The name Willow Forks was changed to Pettysville on December 24, 1878. The office was closed May 19, 1887, and the business turned over to Ione. The family says the name of the man was Amanuel C. Petteys. See under PETTEYS.

PEYTON, Jackson County. Peyton is a locality on upper Rogue River about midway between Trail and Prospect, named for a local family. The post office was established August 30, 1900, with Anna B. Jones first of four postmasters. The name of the office was changed to Leeds January 16, 1912, and the office may have been moved a couple of miles west and downstream at that time. Leeds had already been a post ofhce, operating from 1890 to 1906. Available records do not give a clear history of the movements of some of these old post offices.

PHANTOM SHIP, Crater Lake National Park, Klamath County. This peculiar, spired island in Crater Lake bears an appropriately descriptive name.

PHELPS CREEK, Hood River County. Mrs. Lulu Crandall of The Dalles is authority for the statement that this stream was named for one Phelps, who conducted a small cooperage near Frankton, and who was with James Laughton and a man named Jenkins when the three were upset out of a rowboat into the Columbia River, in the early '90s. Laughton and Jenkins were drowned.

PHILLIPS, Washington County. Phillips post office was established June 20, 1895, with Charles Hanson first postmaster. The office was in operation until December 23, 1904, when it was closed because of the advance of rural free delivery. Phillips was on the west side of the Cornelius Pass road a few hundred feet north of the 1945 location of Rock Creek School. The office was named in compliment to Phillip Pezoldt, a prominent local resident.

PHILOMATH, Benton County, Philomath is a Greek word meaning a lover of learning, an astrologer or prognosticator. Philomath College was opened in 1867, founded by the United Brethren Church. About the time the college was started, a post office was applied for, and named for the college.

PHOCA Rock, Multnomah County. This rock, sometimes known as Lone Rock, is in the middle of the Columbia River north of Bridal Veil. It is conspicuous from Crown Point. It was named for the harbor seal, Phoca vitulina. Lewis and Clark passed this rock on