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seems to have shortened to Sandy River on the tongues of Americans, between 1845 and 1850. Joel Palmer's Journals of Travel, written as of 1845, mentions Quicksand, Big Sandy, and Alexander Ross gives Quicksand River.

SANGER, Baker County. This place bears the name of one of the owners of the mining property nearby. The early name for this place was Hogum. See editorial page the Oregonian, October 7, 1927, and the Baker Morning Democrat, October 19, 1927. Dunham Wright of Medical Springs told the compiler that the place was named Hogum because of the greediness of some prospectors. The name was changed to Augusta in honor of Miss Augusta Parkwood. This change in name came about as the result of an agreement on the part of some of the miners to name the place for the first unmarried woman resident. The name Sanger has been established for many years, having displaced Augusta. Augusta post office was in operation for about a year in 1871-72. Sanger post office was established August 17, 1887, with William R. Aldersley first postmaster. Augusta and Sanger may not have been in exactly the same place. See also under AUGUSTA.

SANTIAM, Linn and Marion counties. The name Santiam, with varied spellings, has been used for several Oregon post offices. For the derivation of the word, see under SANTIAM RIVER. An office called Santyam Forks was established in Linn County, April 9, 1850, with Jacob Conser postmaster. John Crabtree became postmaster October 4, 1850, and the office was discontinued July 27, 1852. It is known that Jacob Conser was living near the present site of Scio early in 1850, and John Crabtree lived in the same general locality. It may be assumed that the office was in that neighborhood. Santyam post office was established in Linn County March 14, 1851, with Russel T. Hill postmaster. For the history of this office, see under LEBANON. An office named Syracuse was established in Marion County October 4, 1850. The place was about two miles downstream from the present site of Jefferson, but all available records show that it was really in Linn County and not Marion. See under JEFFERSON for details. On July 27, 1852, the name of the office was changed to Santiam City, and in the official records is a note that on October 16, 1852, the office was in Linn County, but here again, the record at Washington, D. C., does not fit early maps and records in Oregon, which show Santiam on the Miller claim and in Marion County. The office was later moved to Jefferson, with a change in name. The post route map for 1900 shows an office called Santiam near South Santiam River between Lebanon and Sweet Home. This office has been discontinued and the community has almost evaporated.

SANTIAM Pass, Jefferson and Linn counties. In earlier davs Santiam Pass was considered to be that used by the old South Santiam road which crossed the summit of the Cascade Range just east of Big Lake. Hogg Pass was about three miles to the north and was the point selected by Col. T. Egenton Hogg for his railroad location. As a result of the topographic mapping of this area by the U. S. Geological Survey in 1928-29, and also of the building of the Santiam Highway through the Cascade Range, the USBGN on April 3, 1929, adopted the name Santiam Pass for both of these routes of travel. This was done on the theory there was one wide pass and not two narrow ones, which is generally substantiated by the topographic map of the Three Sisters quadrangle. The name Hogg Pass, as applied to the location of Santiam Highway, is now