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REED, Lane County. Reed post office was established February 8, 1900. John L. Tavlor drew up the petition for the post office and suggested the name Reed in honor of Thomas Brackett Reed, for many years speaker of the United States House of Representatives.

REEDER POINT, Multnomah County. Reeder Point is on the west bank of Columbia River and on the east shore of Sauvie Island in the extreme northeast corner of Multnomah County. It is about a mile south of the north boundary of the county. It is not a sharply defined point, in fact no more than a single bend in the river. It bears the name of pioneer settlers in the locality, Simon M. and Catherine Reeder. The Reeders established themselves on their donation land claim in the '50s. See under SAUVIES.

REEDSPORT, Douglas County. This town was named in honor of Alfred W. Reed, a pioneer resident of the western part of the county. The name was first applied about 1900 when the townsite was platted. The post office was established July 17, 1912.

REEDVILLE, Washington County. This town was named for Simeon G. Reed, who was a foremost figure in Columbia River transportation during the years 1859-79. He was a leading member of the Oregon Steam Navigation Company, and a large part of his fortune came from the sale of that company to the Villard syndicate in July, 1879. Reed was born at East Abington, Massachusetts, April 23, 1830, and came to Oregon in 1852. In 1859 he became a partner in the mercantile firm of Ladd Reed & Company. He engaged in various activities after the sale of the Oregon Steam Navigation Company. He died at Pasadena, California, November 7, 1895. For his biography, see the Oregonian, November 8, 1895, page 10; June 26, 1904, page 33. Reed operated a blooded stock farm at what is now Reedville. For description of the farm and the live stock, ibid., October 12, 1875. His property became the endowment of Reed College after the death of his wife, Amanda Wood Reed. Mrs. Reed was born at Quincy, Massachusetts, August 26, 1832; was married to S. G. Reed in October 1850, and came to Oregon in 1852. She died at Pasadena May 16, 1904. Reedville post office was established January 2, 1877, with George Thing postmaster.

REID GLACIER, Clackamas County. This glacier is on the west slope of Mount Hood. It was named in 1901 for Professor Harry Fielding Reid, of Johns Hopkins University, an authority on glaciers. For his article on Glaciers see Mazama, July, 1903; Glaciers of Mount Hood and Mount Adams, ibid., December, 1905. Professor Reid was born in Baltimore, May 18, 1859; died June 18, 1944.

REMOTE, Coos County. Remote was named in pioneer days because of the location, which was well isolated from other settlements. The post office was established June 1, 1887, with Herman S. Davis first postmaster.

RENFREW GLACIER, Lane County. This glacier, on the northwest slope of the Middle Sister, bears the name of P. C. Renfrew, one of the incorporators of the McKenzie toll road project.

RESERVE, Lane County. This station on the Cascade line of the Southern Pacific was named many years ago when national forests were