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leather. The sale included a wharf at the foot of Washington Street, which was built in 1846. In 1851 Pettygrove became one of the founders of Port Townsend, Washington, where he died October 5, 1887. Lovejoy was born in Massachusetts in 1808 and came to Oregon first in 1842, went to Bents Fort on the Arkansas with Dr. Marcus Whitman and came to Oregon again in 1843. He died in Portland September 10, 1882. For references to Pettygrove and Lovejoy, see Scott's History of the Oregon Country, volume II, pages 266 and 319. For references to Captain Couch, ibid., volume 1, page 301. For synopsis of first hundred years of Portland history by the compiler, see the Oregon Sunday Journal, August 15, 1943. Portland post office was established November 8, 1849, with Thomas Smith first postmaster. At that time Astoria and Oregon City already had post offices and the Salem office was established the same day.

PORTOLA, Lane County. The plat for Portola townsite was filed in January, 1912, to provide for a community at the mouth of Noti Creek, where that stream flows into Long Tom River. The name Portola had been much in the news. during the preceding few years of the Portola Festival held at San Francisco in October, 1909. This was in honor of Don Gaspar de Portola, commander of the expedition sent from Mexico to found the first European settlement in what is now the state of California. Portola reached San Diego about July 1, 1769, and continued northward to search for the famous Monterey Bay, which theretofore had been reached only by sea. Portola did not recognize Monterey, went far beyond it and on November 1, 1769, discovered San Francisco Bay. It is believed that the celebration of 1909 inspired the selection of the name Portola for the Lane County townsite. Portola post office was established March 19, 1912, with Herbert G. Suttle postmaster. The name Portola for the new community did not prove satisfactory. Mail, freight and express were missent to Portland, in error. In addition, there was a Portola station in California on the recently completed Western Pacific Railroad, and this caused confusion. Residents of Portola, Oregon, petitioned to have a new name, and Noti was selected because of Noti Creek nearby. The name of the post office was changed to Noti on March 29, 1913. For information about the name Noti see under that heading. Post, Crook County. Post, southeast of Prineville, was named for the first postmaster, Walter H. Post. The office was established June 6, 1889. Post OFFICE Bar, Multnomah County. This is a bar in the Willamette River, about a mile above the mouth. W. H. H. Morgan of Sauvie Island told the compiler that it was named because the former Sauvie Island post office was once on the island, opposite the bar. This office was established with the name Mouth of Willamette, June 30, 1851, with Ellis Walker postmaster. It was listed in Clark County, Washington, in error, and never actually was in that county. The name was changed to Sauvies Island March 5, 1852, and was moved to the Washington County, Oregon, list May 19, 1853, with Benjamin Howell postmaster.

POSTAGE STAMP BUTTE, Wasco County. Postage Stamp Butte is at the extreme west end of Tygh Ridge, about two miles west of The Dalles-California Highway, and has an elevation of 2902 feet. There is a Forest Service lookout on the summit. The name was applied in 1925 by James Frankland, during observations for Forest Service triangulation.