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 It bears a descriptive name. Round Prairie post office was established November 22, 1853, with James D. Burnett postmaster. This office has operated intermittently.

Row RIVER, Lane County. This stream rises on the western slopes of the Cascade Range, and flows into the Coast Fork Willamette River at Cottage Grove. It was at one time known as East Fork Coast Fork, but two neighbors who lived on its banks quarreled continually until the stream was changed to Row River, pronounced with a short "o."

RowE CREEK, Wheeler County. In 1868, J. W. Rowe moved into what is now Wheeler County and engaged in the stock business on the banks of a stream flowing into John Day River. The stream is south of Fossil and its name commemorates this early settler.

ROWENA, Wasco County, Pierce Mays, for many years a resident of Wasco County, told the compiler that this place was named for H. S. Rowe, in the early '80s. Rowe was an official of the railroad company that was building along the south bank of the Columbia River. Mrs. Lulu D. Crandall of The Dalles confirmed this statement, but Miss A. M. Lang, also of The Dalles, thinks Rowena was the name of a girl who lived in the vicinity.

ROWENA DELL, Wasco County. This is a peculiar canyon in the basaltic rock on the Columbia River Highway between Rowena and Mosier. In early days it was known as Hog Canyon, but after the highway was built, a more elegant name was desired, and residents of The Dalles selected Rowena Dell.

ROWLAND, Linn County. Rowland is a station on the Southern Pacific Company Springfield line five miles east-northeast of Harrisburg. It was named for a local resident. Rowland post office was established December 29, 1886, with Jere T. Rowland postmaster. The office continued in operation with various postmasters until February 15, 1905, when it was closed out to Harrisburg. Rural free delivery brought an end to the establishment.

ROWLAND Prairie, Coos County. In 1853 William Rowland and his wife, who was a dusky maiden of the forest, settled in the valley of South Fork Coquille River on what has become known as Rowland Prairie. Rowland was a well-known pioneer, and a fragment of his history is found in Dodge's Pioneer History of Coos and Curry Counties, pages 187-88. During the Indian troubles of 1855-56 the Rowland place was provided with some defense works and was called Fort Rowland. Rowland Creek, a tributary of South Fork Coquille River, is named for the same family.

ROXY ANN PEAK, Jackson County. Will G. Steel was authority for the statement that this well-known feature in the Rogue River Valley was at one time known as Skinner Butte. He said that the present name was bestowed by pioncer packers in 1854 in honor of Roxana Baker, an early settler nearby.

Roy, Washington County. Railroad officials applied this name to a station about 1906, which became a post office in 1907. It came from the Roy family, pioneer settlers of the vicinity.

Roy CREEK, Tillamook County. Roy Creek flows into Nehalem River a mile or so east of Mohler. It was named for Felix Roy, a local landowner.

ROYAL, Lane County. The Geological Survey map of the Cottage Grove quadrangle shows a place named Royal about five miles n