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the a th Puget Sound, page 99. For additional information about the mountain and the name Tacoma as applied thereto, see Mount Rainier, by the same author. Eminence post office was established June 5, 1851, with Charles E. Fox first postmaster. The name of the office was changed to Rainier on January 6, 1852.

RAINROCK, Lane County. This station is west of Eugene. The name was applied by H. L. Walter of the operating department of Southern Pacific Company. Walter told the compiler he selected this name arbitrarily and it had no particular significance.

RALEIGH, Washington County. The name Raleigh was derived from an old-time resident of the neighborhood, Raleigh Robinson. The place is on the Scholls Ferry road at a point about a mile southwest of the Hillsdale-Beaverton Highway crossing, and just southwest of the Portland Golf Club. Raleigh post office was established April 26, 1892, with Frank T. Berry first postmaster. The office was closed April 29, 1904, with papers to Beaverton. In recent years the locality has been called Raleigh Hills, which sounds like a name coined by real estate operators. Ramo FLAT, Union County. This flat is southeast of Union. Dunham Wright of Medical Springs informed the compiler in 1927 that it was named for a Frenchman, one Raymou, who lived thereon.

RAMSEY LAKE, Multnomah County. This lake lies south of the mouth of the Willamette River. It was named for F. H. Ramsey, a pioneer settler of the neighborhood.

RANCHERIA CREEK, Jackson County. Rancheria Creek rises on the west slopes of the Cascade Range south of Rustler Peak and flows southwestward to join South Fork Big Butte Creek east of Butte Falls. This name has been shown on maps since pioneer days, Rancheria is a Spanish word used to refer to an Indian village or frequently for creeks flowing by such villages. The compiler has been told that Rancheria Creek was named because of the Indian village not far from its mouth and also not far from the old military freight road from Jacksonville to Fort Klamath.

RANDLEMAN CREEK, Coos County. Randleman Creek, which flows into Bear Creek east of Bandon, was named for Michel Randleman, who settled near the stream in 1874. The Randleman family has been prominent in Coos County affairs for several generations,

RANDOLPH, Coos County. Randolph is a community on the north side of Coquille River about three miles from the Pacific Ocean. Walling's History of Southern Oregon, page 492, says the place was established in the days of the Coos County mining excitement, by Dr. Foster and Captain Harris and was named for John Randolph of Roanoke, Virginia. Randolph was first situated several miles northwest of the present location, near the mouth of Whisky Run, a small stream flowing into the ocean. Nearby sands were mined with feverish activity between 1853 and 1855. A dreary picture of Randolph in October, 1855, after the fever, is given in an article by William V. Wells, in Harper's Magazine, October, 1856, page 595.

RANGE, Grant County. This post office was established June 4, 1908, and was named by its patrons because of the good stock range in the vicinity. Craig Thom was first postmaster.

RANN, Grant County. Rann post office was established April 8, 1886, with William D. Baker first of two postmasters. The office was closed to