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 spring waters. One John McLain had taken up a ranch at or near what was later Pocahontas and he persuaded the Pine City people to move to Pocahontas, which soon boasted a hotel, express office and blacksmith shop. Pocahontas was not primarily a mining town, but for the accommodation of travel through Baker Valley. One Morrison had a rival place a couple of miles to the south and Hiatt has some amusing comments about this rivalry. Pocahontas post office was established August 4, 1863, with Thomas McMurran postmaster. Available records about the closing date are inconclusive. In one place the date is given as June 24, 1864, and in another place the year is 1872. PoE VALLEY, Klamath County. This valley which is southeast of Olene, was named for James M. Poe, who lived there a few years at the time of the Modoc War. Later he moved to Chehalis, Washington, where he spent the rest of his life. In 1945 his Poe Valley homestead was owned by members of the Liskey family. The Poes were the parents of Mrs. William H. Horton, wife of a prominent and long-time stockman of the Poe Valley-Bonanza area. Point Adams, Clatsop County. This is on the Oregon side at the mouth of the Columbia River. The name was given by Captain Robert Gray on May 18, 1792, in honor of John Adams. ("Boit's Log of the Columbia" in Washington Historical Quarterly, volume XII, January, 1921, page 35.) Later in the same year Vancouver recognized the name, saying: "Point Adams is a low, narrow, sandy, spit of land, projecting northerly into the ocean, and lies from cape Disappointment, S. 44 E. about four miles distant." (Voyage of Discovery, 1798 edition, volume II, page 53.) Point Adams was first described by Captain Bruno Heceta on August 17, 1775, and was named by him Cabo Frondoso, or Leafy Cape, "from the great number of trees which covered it." See California Historical Society Quarterly, volume IX, page 235. Heceta was at the mouth of the Columbia River but he did not know it. See Greenhow's History of Oregon and California, page 430, et seq.

POINT TERRACE, Lane Counuty. Point Terrace was named by Mrs. Josephine R. Styles, the first postmaster. This was about 1890. The name is descriptive and refers to the three steps or beaches nearby. This was a popular Indian hunting ground in early days and a great deal of game was dried and smoked in this neighborhood. Poison CREEK, Harney County. This stream is on the northwest slopes of Steens Mountain and is tributary to Kiger Creek. It was so called in early days because a number of cattle were poisoned nearby by eating wild parsnips. Poison Creek, Harney County. This stream is east of Burns. Like many others in eastern Oregon it was named because cattle were poisoned nearby when they ate wild parsnips.

POKEGAMA, Klamath County. In the early part of the century there was excitement in Klamath County because of prospects of a railroad. This line was surveyed from Thrall, a station on the Southern Pacific near Klamath River, in California, northeastward to the southwest corner of Klamath County, Oregon. Construction started in November, 1901, and in May, 1903, the line was completed to Pokegama, the Oregon terminus, The Pokegama Lumber Company was responsible for the project, and the name of the line was the Klamath Lake Railroad, It was about 24 miles long. Pokegama post office was established by