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r farm Hollow nearby were named for Isaac Staats, who was born in Albany th jeal. County, New York, in 1814, and settled on his donation land claim oint tol near the creek in September, 1849. He married Orlena M. Williams May 10, 1846. See land certificate 4710.

STACEY, Douglas County. Stacey post office was established Janue Can. ary 19, 1901, with T. B. Fagan first postmaster. This office, which id was was named for a local family, was situated on Elk Creek a few miles ildings northeast of Yoncalla. The office was closed October 31, 1906. on the STAFFORD, Clackamas County. This place was named by George A. is ferry Steel, a prominent pioneer of Portland, for his native town, Stafford, le post Ohio. : post STAHLBUSCH ISLAND, Benton County. This island is the upper part of a land area in Willamette River above Corvallis. The lower part is pring Fischer Island, and the two are separated by water at high river stages. iptive About 210 acres of the land were deeded to John and Herman Stahln the busch in December, 1888, and Robert Johnson of Corvallis informed June the compiler that this is the correct spelling, not Stallbush. called STALEY RIDGE, Douglas County. This ridge is in the Calapooya office Mountains. Just to the east is Stalev Creek, a tributary to Middle Fork Willamette River. Staley Creek flows into the Middle Fork in Lane Sitka County. These features were named for W. F. Staley of the U. S. Forest Service. Staley Creek was known in early days as South Fork Middle first Fork. lock.

STANFIELD, Umatilla County, Stanfield was first known as Foster nally and was named for John R. Foster, a well-known Umatilla County resident. Foster post office was established May 14, 1883, with Frank was B. Clopton first postmaster. The name of the place was later changed 906, to Stanheld, for Robert N. Stanfield, subsequently U. S. senator from Oregon. Senator Stanfield owned land nearby, hence the application of his name to the community. Stanfield post office was established in 1907. o be

STANLEY, Clackamas County. The locality called Stanley is in the extreme north edge of Clackamas County about two miles northeast of Milwaukie. When the interurban line was built along Johnson Creek the company asked John H. Gibson, a local resident, to name the place. This he did in compliment to his son, George Stanley Gibson. Stanley post tant office was established November 16, 1904, and was discontinued April 29, and 1905. Mary A. Morris was the only postmaster. The office was about a bur third of a mile west of Wichita. 10

STANLEY LAKE, Clatsop County. Stanley Lake is a short distance northeast of Seaside. It was named for S. K. Stanley, an early settler on Clatsop Plains.

STANLEY Rock, Hood River County. This is a prominent rocky bluff on the south bank of the Columbia River just east of the mouth of Hood River. It is surmounted by a steel transmission tower of the Pacific Power & Light Company. The top of the rock is about 140 feet above the river level. It was named for John Stanley, who operated a farm at this point, and also a ferry to the Washington side.

STAPLETON, Polk County. This station, near Independence, was named for John Stapleton, who came west from Canada in 1863, and after spending a few years in Idaho, settled in the Willamette Valley, near the place that now bears his name. His sons, George Stapleton and Tued d in beped