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 mitory, erected in or about 1839, with 90 acres is maintained by the State and Jubilee College Park."

ROBINSON, Washington County. Robinson is a station where the Scholls Ferry Road crosses the Southern Pacific line south of Beaverton. It was named for William J. Robinson, whose donation land claim was situated nearby.

ROBISONVILLE, Grant County. Robisonville was one of the early post offices in the Blue Mountain mining region, in the extreme east part of Grant County. Obviously it was named for a man, but the compiler has been unable to learn the circumstances. The post office was established June 27, 1878, and was discontinued July 23, 1884. Charles W. Daggett was the only postmaster. The name of the office has been spelled in several different ways on government maps, but post office records use the style Robisonville, and that form is said to be correct by various old timers in the vicinity. Robinsonville and Robertsonville are reported to be misspellings of the official name. Robisonville was close to the summit of the Blue Mountains and in the vicinity of the place later called Greenhorn, which was in Baker County.

ROBY HILL, Marion County. Roby Hill lies in the bend between Willamette River and Santiam River and is just south of Ankeny Bottom. It has an elevation of 345 feet. It was named for R. Roby, who took up a donation land claim nearby in pioneer days. Rocca, Polk County. Rocca post office was on Rock Creek in the extreme southwest corner of the county, and during its entire existence it was in the Hampton home. The office was established April 30, 1895, with Miss Maggie Hampton first of four postmasters. The office was closed on August 31, 1918. When the office was first proposed it was planned to have Sam Center act as postmaster, but as he was moving from the neighborhood, other arrangements were necessary. Center asked to have the office named for his daughter, Mary Rocca Center. This girl had been named for a friend of her mother who had married an Italian. Rock CREEK, Baker County. There are at least fifty streams in Oregon called Rock Creek, a name applied by early-day residents with the greatest of ease and not without reason. One of the best known of these creeks is that which flows eastward out of the Blue Mountains to join Powder River near Haines. This Rock Creek was named during the days of the mining excitement of the '60s. There is a community area about six miles west of Haines that goes by the name Rock Creek. A post office was established in this locality shortly after the turn of the century, with Edward P. Castor postmaster, but available information about its life history is meager. The compiler finds it listed as Rockcreek in the Postal Guide as of December 1, 1903, but elsewhere the style Rock Creek is used. The office doubtless gave way to rural free delivery. Rock CREEK, Gilliam County. A post office called Rockcreek was es. tablished in 1906. There was an earlier office farther down stream which operated with the name Rockville. Information about a post office called Rock Creek has come to light. It was established June 3, 1872, with Alexander Smith postmaster. The second postmaster was James R. Alfrey. The office was discontinued March 11, 1874. While it is obvious that this post office was on or near Rock Creek the compiler does not know if it was in the same location as Rockcreek office. .