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TANNER CREEK, Multnomah County. Daniel H. Lownsdale settled on what was later the King claim, now in the city of Portland, in 1845 and built a tannery. Tanner Creek got its name from this enterprise. The creek drained the canyon at the head of Jefferson Street, and flowed under the present location of Multnomah field, and through a ravine where upper Alder Street is situated. Canyon Road, an important factor in the development of Portland, was named because it was built up the canyon of Tanner Creek.

TANNER CREEK, Multnomah County. J. T. Tanner took up a donation land claim near the mouth of this stream in pioneer days, and his name became attached to the creek. It is just west of Bonneville. Tanner Butte near the headwaters of the creek was once known as Tanner Creek Butte, but the government has eliminated the unnecessary part of the name. Tansy POINT, Clatsop County. The name Tansy Point is applied to a place on the south bank of Columbia River just north of Warrenton, and has been in use for many years. The tansy plant, Tanactum huronense, grows there in abundance and the name of the point is appropriate. Sir Edward Belcher's chart of 1839 uses the name Racoon Point, presumably in commemoration of the visit of H.M.S. Raccoon in 1813. Target Spring, Wallowa County. Target Spring, southeast of Wallowa Lake, was named because of the fact that the ground nearby was used as a hunting camp and hunters practiced there, shooting at marks on trees. Tartar GULCH, Josephine County. Tartar Gulch drains into Althouse Creek southeast of Holland. It is shown on various maps as Carter Gulch and Tarter Gulch, but in May, 1943, Forest Service officials wrote the compiler that these forms were wrong and that Tartar Gulch was correct. An old time resident of Selma is authority for the statement that the gulch bears a name applied in mining days indicating that gold in this gulch was in very spotted pockets and the term "tartar" was used to describe that condition. A tartar gulch was considered not good for mining. The compiler has not been able to verify this meaning for the word, but assumes it to be correct.

TAYLOR, Multnomah County. Taylor is a siding west of Corbett on the south bank of the Columbia River. Land office records indicate that E. J. Tavlor took up a homestead nearby, entry 76, in pioneer days, and it may be assumed that the place was named for him or his family. A post office named Leader was established in this locality July 15, 1881, with Joseph H. Leader first postmaster. The name was changed to Taylor on May 25, 1882, at which time Ervine J. Taylor was postmaster. The office was discontinued in June, 1895.

TAYLOR BUTTE, Lane County. Taylor Butte has an elevation of 5835 feet. It is west of the summit of the Cascade Range, three miles north of Waldo Lake. It and other nearby geographic features were named about 1898 for one Joe Taylor, a stockman of the Deschutes country, who ranged sheep in the neighborhood. This information was furnished the compiler by Geo, H. Kelly of Portland and W. P.