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BARNHART, Umatilla County. The following information is paraphrased from a letter written the compiler by George A. Hartman of Pendleton, in 1947: Jeremiah Barnhart probably lived on the land ten miles west of Pendleton when the railroad established a siding, and his name was applied to the station. He did not homestead the place. He and Bob Thompson were partners in the sheep business for a number of years prior to the death of Thompson, who was killed by a sheepherder about 1894. The siding is on the Union Pacific Railroad and close to Umatilla River. A post office named Barnhart was established May 20, 1897, with Stella Jackson postmaster. This office was never in service and the order for its establishment was rescinded.

BARRETT, Hood River County. Dr. P. G. Barrett settled in the Hood River Valley in 1871, and for many years was the only physician in the valley and popular throughout the entire territory. He lived about threequarters of a mile south of the site of Barrett School, and at one time all the west side of the Hood River Valley was known as the Barrett District. He died in 1900. Barrett Spur on the north side of Mount Hood was also named for Dr. Barrett. Mrs. Barrett was interested in botany. She died in New York in 1924, aged 92 years.

BARRETT, Umatilla County. This is a station on the Union Pacific Railroad just west of Milton. C. A. Barrett, a pioneer stock raiser of the county, owned land at this point and the station was named for him. For Barrett's reminiscences of pioneer and farming conditions in this section of Oregon, see OHQ, volume XVI, page 343.

BARRON, Jackson County. Barron was a post office about ten miles southeast of Ashland, near to, but possibly not actually on the Southern Pacific railroad. It was named for a local family. The office was established June 18, 1875, with James Tyler first postmaster. That was of course before the railroad was built. The office was closed October 15, 1910.

BARSTOW, Multnomah County. This station on the Oregon Electric Railway, just east of Garden Home, was named for W. S. Barstow, of New York City, a prominent engineer and public utility operator, who was interested in the construction of the railroad. He died on December 26, 1942, at Great Neck, Long Island.

BARTLETT, Wallowa County. Bartlett was named for Theron A. Bart. lett, who owned the land on which the post office was situated. The office was established on May 14, 1904, and Bartlett was the first postmaster.

BARTON, Clackamas County. This place was named for Barton, Wisconsin, by an old resident, E. H. Burghardt, who had formerly lived there. He settled near the mouth of Deep Creek and started a small flour mill and store, and later had the post office established with the name of his old home in the East. His daughter, Mrs. Anna Burghardt Davis, was living at Tangent, Oregon, in 1925. Her father was born in 1851 and died in 1912. He came to Oregon about 1876. Barton post office was established May 16, 1896, with Burghardt first postmaster.

BARTON LAKE, Harney County. Barton Lake was named for an early settler nearby. It is about ten miles south of Malheur Lake.

BARVIEW, Tillamook County. This community was named in 1884 by L. C. Smith. It is just north of the bar at the entrance to Tillamook Bay and affords a fine view of the bay, bar and ocean. The style Barview has been adopted by the USBGN and not Bar View.

BASHAW CREEK, Marion County. Bashaw Creek drains Ankeny Bot.