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 stone within the city limits of The Dalles. It is a pillar about 20 feet high, cleft at the top in such a way as to make it a natural pulpit, with a seat attached. Missionaries of the Methodist mission in The Dalles used this pulpit when they preached to the Indians. On the seventieth anniversary of the founding of the mission, a bronze tablet was unveiled and Pulpit Rock was dedicated in the presence of about five hundred persons. For information about the mission and Pulpit Rock, see Lulu D. Crandall's article in the Oregonian, October 24, 1927, editorial page.

PUMPKIN CREEK, Wallowa County. This stream is east of Imnaha and was named because Ike Bare camped on its banks while hunting, and cooked some pumpkins, of which he was fond.

PURSEL, Jackson County. Pursel post office and community were named in compliment to the postmaster, C. C. Pursel. The office, which was in the Applegate Valley about ten miles north of Watkins, operated from February, 1898, until January, 1904, and was then closed out to Buncom.

PYLE CANYON, Union County. This canyon, south of Union, was named for James M. Pyle, a pioneer settler of that part of Oregon, and one of the first members of the legislature from Baker County as it then existed.

PYRAMID, Columbia County. This station on the south bank of the Columbia River west of Rainier was named for a peculiar pyramidal rock standing above the railroad track.

Quail CREEK, Curry County. This stream, a tributary of Rogue River, was named for Peter Quail, a pioneer prospector.

QUARTZ CREEK, Wasco County. Quartz is not a rare mineral in the Cascade Range, nevertheless it is not plentiful as compared with other rocks. As a result, when it occurs, it attracts attention. Quartz Creek in the north part of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation was named for the mineral in very early days. Captain H. D. Wallen of the Fourth Cavalry conducted a military expedition from Fort Dalles to Great Salt Lake in 1859, and on the night of June 10 of that year camped at a place about 50 miles south of The Dalles which he named Quartz Spring because of the first quartz seen on the march. This was after passing Tygh Valley and Oak Grove (Wapinitia). However, in the table of distances given for the trip Wallen uses the name Quartz Creek. See 36th Congress, 1st Session, Senate Executive Document 34, pages 7 and 46.

Quartz MOUNTAIN, Lake County. Quartz Mountain is a ridge about thirty miles northwest of Lakeview, crossed by the Klamath Falls-Lakeview Highway. The mountain got its name from a narrow but rather prominent ledge of quartz, something out of the ordinary for the locality. The name of the mountain has spread to other nearby geographic features. Quartz Pass is the highest point on the highway, and Quartz Creek heads just east of the pass and flows southeast into Quartz Valley. On November 24, 1930, a post office with the name Quartz Mountain was established on the highway a little to the southeast of the pass. Mrs. Vera A. Real was the only postmaster. The office was closed to Lakeview August 31, 1943.

QUARTZVILLE, Linn County. Quartzville was once an important locality, due to gold discoveries in the early '60s. The place was laid off as a town in 1864, and a stamp-mill was erected in the same vear. For in