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County Female Seminary in 1853-55. He served at Pacific University as professor of ancient languages, beginning in 1855, was elected superintendent of schools for Washington County in 1855, and probate judge for the same county in 1856. In 1857 he was a member of the constitutional convention, and, in 1858, a member of the territorial legislature; in 1862-67 he was supreme and circuit judge; in 1874-78 he was judge of the supreme court; in 1886 he was elected to the circuit court, and served until 1898. He also served in the Portland city council and on the school board of Portland. Judge Shattuck was born at Bakersfield, Vermont, December 31, 1824; died at Portland July 26, 1900. See various estimates of his work and character in the Oregonian, July 6, 1898. For tributes to him in 1896, ibid., January 1, 1896. Judge Shattuck owned a farm on the Southern Pacific about two miles west of Hillsboro, and the station at the crossing with the Shattuck Road was named for him. Shaw, Marion County. This is a station east of Salem. It was named for Angus Shaw. Shaw came to Oregon from Ontario, Canada, and bought a farm near the present site of Shaw in 1876.

SHEAVILLE, Malheur County. Sheaville is in the cattle country on the extreme east edge of the county and just about midway north and south. It was named for Con Shea, a pioneer stockman. Sheaville post office was first established November 3, 1887, with Morris Oberdorfer first postmaster. The office has not been in continuous operation.

SHEDD, Linn County. A post office near the place now known as Shedd was established with the name Boston Mills, on September 22, 1869, with William Simmons first postmaster. The name of the office was changed to Shedd on August 28, 1871, at the time when the rail. road was being built south from Albany. The new name came from Captain Frank Shedd, upon whose land the community was started. For a time the place was called Shedds, but that form has passed into oblivion. For information about the Shedd family, see editorial page of the Oregon Journal, October 18, 1930.

SHEEP Rock, Grant County. Sheep Rock is in the south part of Butler Basin, north of Picture Gorge. J. E. Snow of Dayville told the writer that this rock was not named because of any fancied resemblance to a ram's head, but because of the prevalence of mountain sheep nearby in pioneer days. The rock has an elevation of 3356 feet. See editorial page the Oregonian, December 10, 1925.

SHELBURN, Linn County. In April, 1927, the postmaster at Shelburn wrote the compiler that the name Shelburn was supposed to be a combination of parts of the names of two pioneer residents, Shelton and Washburn. Riley Shelton of Scio, in 1927, confirmed the statement and told the compiler that the name was made up by Rosa and Mary Miller.

SHELL ROCK, Hood River County. A post office with the name Shell Rock was established on the Wasco County list April 14, 1873, with David Graham postmaster. This office was in what is now Hood River County and was in the vicinity of Shellrock Mountain on the south bank of the Columbia River between Cascade Locks and Hood River. The office was of course named for the mountain, Shell Rock post office later was moved north across the Columbia River into Washington Territory and the name changed to Collins Landing, but the compiler cannot tell when. Shell Rock post office was in operation again on the Oregon side between May 20 and August 19, 1878, with John Cates postmaster. John Cates, of a well-known Wasco County family, operated a sawmill at a