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 formation about routes to the Santiam mines see the Oregonian, July 9, 1864. For other information, ibid., June 9, 16, 30; September 1 and 8, 1860; October 14 and 22, 1863; June 30 and November 12, 1864, and October 29, 1869, page 3. See also Down's History of the Silverton Country, page 85. One of the largest tributaries of Middle Santiam River is Quartzville Creek, named for the town.

QUINABY, Marion County. This station on the Oregon Electric Railway was named for a local Indian celebrity who lived north of Salem in pioneer days.

QUINCY, Columbia County. Quincy was settled about 1882, and named for Quincy, Illinois, by J. W. Barnes, who came from that place. The post office was established October 8, 1892.

QUINN, Columbia County. The locality and post office called Quinn was near the south bank of the Columbia River on the low land northwest of Quincy. The post office was named for James Quinn, the first postmaster. He was appointed May 4, 1876, and served until June 30, 1909, at least that is the date the office was discontinued. There was never any other postmaster there.

QUINN LAKES, Lane County. These lakes north of Waldo Lake were named for a pioneer sheep man, William Quinn of Grizzly. He was fatally injured in 1894 while hunting in the Cascade Range near Waldo Lake, and died near Crane Prairie while being packed out toward Deschutes River. He was buried on the banks of the stream known as Quinn River, which is in Deschutes County.

QUINTON, Gilliam County. Quinton is a railroad station. It derives its name from an early settler named Quinn. The place was formerly called Quinn. For a few years there was a post office called Quinook, and this name was made up by taking part of the name Quinton and part of the name Squally Hook, which was the name of a railroad station to the west. For information about Squally Hook see under Hook. Quinook post office was discontinued in the fall of 1925.

QUOSATANA CREEK, Curry County. This name is said to come from an Indian word Quosaten. F. S. Moore of Gold Beach wrote the compiler that George W. Meservey, a half-blood Indian, told him that the Indian word meant a beautiful or fine creek. Quosatana Butte near the headwaters of the creek, got its name from the stream. J. Neilson Barry calls attention to the entry under Tututni, Handbook of American Indians, volume II, page 857, which lists among the bands of that tribe the Cosuttheutun, and other similar forms. The name is translated as "people who eat mussels," ibid., volume I, page 749. Possibly Quosatana is derived from it.

Rabbit Ears, Douglas County. These two peculiar rocks are in the mountains west of Rogue River opposite Crater Lake. The higher has an elevation of 6031 feet. The Indian name was Kalistopox, according to Will G. Steel. Two forest rangers, William E. White and Melvin E. Layton climbed one of them in 1912 and built a cairn on its summit. A stream nearby is Rabbitear Creek.

RACHEL, Linn County. Rachel post office was situated on what is known as Middle Ridge at a point about five miles southeast of Sodaville. It was at the home of James W. Pierpoint, the first and only postmaster, and was named for his mother, Rachel Pierpoint. Rachel post office was