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 Bay City and flows south and west into Hathaway Slough, which joins Tillamook Bay just south of Kilchis Point. The stream flows through the homestead of Dan Pike, a pioneer settler and was named on that account. It is the next stream cast of Doughty Creek.

PIKES CAMP, Lincoln County. Pikes Camp is on the northeast or right bank of Siletz River about a mile upstream from the mouth of the river and the location of Kernville in 1945. It is near the old ferry landing and about opposite the former Kernville post office, which was on the southwest bank. The camp was named for a fisherman who camped there while he fished for the Kern cannery.

Pilot BUTTE, Deschutes County. Pilot Butte, which is at the east city limits of Bend, has been a prominent landmark for travelers for many years. Farewell Bend on Deschutes River was the objective of emigrant trains because it afforded a suitable place to cross the river and was a convenient camp ground. Pilot Butte was an excellent signal to this stopping place. Some early maps refer to it as Red Butte because of its characteristic color, but that name has not prevailed. For information about the importance of this locality to pioneer travelers see under the name BEND. There is an automobile road to the top of the butte from which an impressive panorama may be seen. Pilot Butte has an elevation of 4139 feet according to the United States Geological Survey. On September 30, 1928, Pilot Butte and Pilot Butte Park on its summit were given to the state of Oregon by F. R. Welles, Kempster B. Miller and Charles A. Brown, as a memorial to their former business associate, Terrence Hardington Foley. T. H. Foley was a prominent resident of Bend who died in 1925 as a result of an automobile accident.

Pilot KNOB, Curry County. Preston's Map of Oregon and Washington, 1856, shows a prominent peak about ten miles southeast of Port Orford which is lettered Pilot Knob. This was a well-known landmark for mariners, and while the name may have been used to some extent on land, people on shore generally called this point Bald Mountain. For additional information, see under BALD MOUNTAIN.

Pilot Rock, Jackson County. Pilot Rock is an outstanding landmark in the Siskiyou Mountains south of Ashland, and east of the Pacific Highway. It has been so known since pioneer days because it served as a guide for travelers crossing the pass between Oregon and California. It has an elevation according to the USGS of 5914 feet. This rock is mentioned in Wilkes' Narrative, volume V, page 236. Wilkes named it Emmons Peak after Lieutenant George F. Emmons, U. S. N., of his expedition. Emmons saw the rock on September 28, 1841. The name Emmons Peak did not come into use.

Pilot Rock, Umatilla County. Pilot Rock was named for a large bluff of basalt near the community. The post office was established in December, 1868, but the town was not platted until about 1876. Andrew Sturtevant was the first postmaster.

PILPIL BUTTE, Deschutes County. Pilpil Butte is in the northern part of Paulina Mountain. It bears the Chinook jargon word for red, because of its characteristic color.

PINE, Baker County. Pine post office was first established on June 27, 1878, with the name Pine Valley and with Reese W. Pindell postmaster. The office was on the Union County list and the compiler does not know its exact location. Andrew P. Greener became postmaster on April den Pilot shows a pored Pilot aine may her has been Caried as a guide