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 information about Baron Saint Helens see article by Professor Edmond S. Meany, Washington Historical Quarterly, volume XV, page 124. Saint Helens post office was established with the name Plymouth, April 9, 1850, with Henry M. Knighton postmaster. The name was changed to Saint Helen November 4, 1850, with William H. Tappan postmaster. Saint Helen was an error in spelling at Washington, D. C. The name was later changed to Saint Helens. Tappan, a native of Massachusetts, came to Oregon in 1849 with the Mounted Rifles. He may have had a hand in naming Saint Helens, as he became interested in the townsite, but he was not in Oregon when Plymouth was named.

SAINT JOHNS, Multnomah County. James John crossed the plains to California in 1841, with General John Bidwell, and came to Oregon in 1843. He settled first at Linnton, and several years later moved to the site of the town that bears his name. He operated a ferry there in 1852. He died May 28, 1886. For history of the town and of James John, see the Oregonian, August 29, 1907, page 11; March 29, 1903, page 40; May 29, 1886, page 5. The plat for Saint Johns was filed July 20, 1865, and of an addition thereto November 28, 1868. Efforts to change the name to Saint John have been unavailing, and the style Saint Johns has been approved by USBGN. The town was annexed to Portland in 1915.

SAINT JOSEPH, Yamhill County. This place was named by Ben Holladay, probably for Saint Joseph, Missouri, but Mrs. Harriet McArthur informed the compiler in 1926 that she was once told that Holladay selected the name on account of his brother, Joseph Holladay.

Saint Louis, Marion County. Saint Louis is a very old settlement in the Willamette Valley about three miles northwest of Gervais, In 1844 a Jesuit missionary, the Reverend Aloysius Verecuysee, visited the early settlers and in 1845 he built a log church at Saint Louis. In November, 1847, the parish was first organized with a resident priest, the Reverend B. Delorme. The parish was named for Saint Louis, King of France, and not for the metropolis of Missouri. The compiler has been to Saint Louis, Oregon, many times and has always been impressed by the quiet simplicity of the place. Saint Louis post office was established October 26, 1860, with S. C. Matthieu first postmaster. With a couple of intermissions this office remained in service until the summer of 1901 when it was closed to Gervais. The remains of Madam Marie Dorion, famous member of the Astor overland party, are buried at Saint Louis Church,

SAINT Marys, Washington County. Saint Marys is a locality a mile or so west of Beaverton close to the Tualatin Valley Highway and also to the Southern Pacific Company railroad. The locality is well known because of the girls school, Saint Marys of the Valley, and a little to the west of the girls school is Saint Marys Home for Boys. These institutions are in charge of the Sisters of Saint Mary, an order founded in 1886 at Sublimity. In 1891 thc Sisters assumed charge of the Saint Marys Home near Beaverton. That institution is no longer in its original location but has been moved westward toward Huber. On May 31, 1902, Saint Marys post office was established on the Washington County list with Dominic Faber first postmaster. However, this office was never completely organized and the appointment was rescinded in June, 1903.

SAINT PAUL, Marion County. Saint Paul was named by Archbishop Francis Norbert Blanchet, who came to Oregon in 1838, and established Saint Paul Mission in 1839 at the Catholic church on French Prairie. The mission was named for the Apostle Paul. The writer has been told C2