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Creek. It was named by James and Charles Rice, Fred Gaylord and Len Snell, who had a camp there, and since the sun did not fall on the camp until late in the morning they lay abed and snoozed.

SLIDE MOUNTAIN, Clackamas County. Slide Mountain is in the northeast part of the county and was named because of a large landslide on the southwest shoulder.

SLOUGH, Multnomah County. Slough post office was one of the first in what is now Multnomah County, and was put in service just about a year after the Portland office was established. Slough office was established November 25, 1850, with John Switzler postmaster, and was in operation until January 6, 1852. It was near what was then called Oregon Slough on the south bank of the Columbia River. Oregon Slough is now North Portland Harbor. Switzler was an early settler in that area.

SLUICE CREEK, Wallowa County. This stream heads near Hat Point and flows into Snake River. It was named by Alex Warnock because a miner named Corby sluiced for gold there in early days. Sly, Deschutes County. A post office with the name Sly was established on the Crook County list as of January 17, 1900, with G. Sly first postmaster. The order was rescinded May 12, 1900, and the office was never put in operation. George Sly had a place in the extreme south part of what is now Deschutes County, and the Sly office would have been about four miles south of Lapine, on Long Prairie within a few hundred feet of the Klamath County line.

SMITH, Harney County. Smith post office in Harney County was near the stream known as Smyth Creek. Smith was the correct spelling of the post office, which was established March 2, 1895, with Ida C. Smith first postmaster. The creek was named for D. H. Smyth, but the post office was named for another family. The office was closed October 31, 1913, with mail to Diamond. Smith Hill, Benton County. Smith Hill is southeast of Airlie. It was named for Green Berry Smith, a prominent pioneer settler of the county. Smith, who was frequently called Greenberry Smith, was born in Grayson County, Virginia, in 1820 and came to Oregon in 1845 with the Meek party. He settled in Benton County in 1846 on a claim near the butte that now bears his name. See land office certificate 2322. He later moved to a farm south of Corvallis and then to Corvallis. For biography, see History of Benton County, page 526. See also in this book under

GREENBERRY. Smith Lake, Clatsop County. Smith Lake is at the north end of Clatsop Plains, west of the Oregon Coast Highway and a short distance south of Skipanon. It was named for Solomon Howard Smith, one of the early American settlers in Oregon. Solomon H. Smith was employed by Dr. McLoughlin to teach school at Fort Vancouver in 1832, a few weeks after John Ball had quit school-teaching there. He settled near the mouth of Chehalem Creek, and afterwards at Clatsop Plains. Ball was a member of W'veth's first party and returned eastward in 1834. Smith taught school, also, at French Prairie, near the home of Joseph Gervais. Smith was one of the organizers of the provisional government in 1813. He died at Skipanon June 19, 1891. For biographical narrative, see OPA Transactions, 1887, pages 81-89. The name of Smith Lake was -mo-pah. See OHQ, volume I, page 322.

SMITH POINT, Clatsop County. Smith Point is at the western ex ing EN