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1856. He arrived at Fort Vancouver in October, 1855, from California, and remained in Oregon and Washington until the outbreak of the Civil War. In April, 1856, he was ordered to Grand Ronde Agency, and was stationed not far from the town that now bears his name. He was stationed at Fort Hoskins in 1857, fourteen miles from Corvallis, as quartermaster and commissary. He went east in September, 1861, and as a result of his great work in the Civil War was made lieutenant-general in 1869, and general before he died, August 5, 1888. He visited Portland, Salem and Yamhill County in 1875; arrived at Portland August 31; left for California September 8. See his Memoirs for narrative of the Yakima War; also the Oregonian, December 9, 1888; December 23, 1888. Sheridan post office was established April 4, 1866, by change of name from Willamina, with Thomas N. Faulconer postmaster. The office had been serving an area a few miles west of Sheridan, and was moved eastward to the new location. Another office was established for Willamina in August, 1878.

SHERIDAN MOUNTAIN, Deschutes County. Sheridan Mountain, elevation 6948 feet, is a prominent point in a string of craters that extends south from Bachelor Butte. It is about five miles from Bachelor Butte and the same distance from Lava Lake, It was formerly called Tent Mountain, because of its shape when seen from the west, but on March 4, 1931, the USBGN adopted the name Sheridan Mountain, in honor of General Philip H. Sheridan, who, in 1855, as a second lieutenant with the Pacific Railroad Surveys, explored central Oregon. It seems probable that Sheridan ascended this peak on August 30, 1855. See also under WILLIAMSON MOUNTAIN.

SHERMAN, Sherman County. This station west of Biggs was once known as Deschutes Junction, because it was at one end of the railroad branch line up Deschutes River. Fred S. Stanley later asked to have the name Deschutes given to a point between Redmond and Bend, and it then became necessary to change the name at the north end of the line. The name Sherman was selected because it was in Sherman County. This was in 1912. In 1930 the name Sherman was changed to Ainsworth, because Sherman duplicated the name of other stations. See under AinsWORTH for additional information. The north end of the Deschutes Canyon line was abandoned in 1936 and as a result the junction at Ainsworth was eliminated. There was no station there in 1940.

SHERMAN COUNTY. Sherman County was created February 25, 1889, by the state legislature. It was taken from the northeast part of Wasco County, as that county was then organized, and in 1940 had a land area of 830 square miles. Sherman County was named for General Willliam Tecumseh Sherman, the great northern leader in the Civil War. W. T. Sherman was born at Lancaster, Ohio, February 8, 1820, and graduated from West Point in 1840. He resigned from the army in 1853. He accepted a colonelcy in the Union army in 1861, and gained rapid promotion on account of his recognized ability. He was made a lieutenant-general in 1866 and general in command of the army in 1869. He died February 14, 1891, at New York City. It was first planned to name this county Fulton County for Colonel James Fulton, a pioneer resident, and the bill providing this name went through two readings in the house of representatives, but before it was