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Vandervert of Bend, both of whom were familiar with the history of the central Cascade Range.

TAYLOR CREEK, Lane County. Most of Taylor Creek is in the extreme west part of township 16 south, range 9 west. It flows west over the township line into Indian Creek. The stream was named in compliment to John L. Taylor, who settled on its banks in 1888 and lived there for nearly twenty years. John L. Taylor named Reed post office that operated for forty years on Taylor Creek. This was to honor Thomas B. Reed of Maine. Mr. Taylor was the father of ten children, several of whom, including Smith L. Taylor of McKenzie Bridge, are well known in Lane County.

TAYLOR LAKE, Linn County. This is an enlargement of Courtney Creek and is northeast of Halsey. Land plats of 1878 show that S. Z. Taylor owned land nearby, and the lake was probably named for him.

TAYLOR SANDS, Clatsop County. These sands in the Columbia River are just northeast of Astoria. They were named for Tom Taylor, who owned the grounds and seined them for salmon.

TAYLORS FERRY ROAD, Multnomah and Washington counties. John A. Taylor was born in New York state September 12, 1825. He crossed the plains with an ox team in 1852, and, upon arrival in October of that year, took up a donation land claim ten miles from Portland on the Tualatin River, and installed a ferry there. Afterwards he built a toll bridge to take the place of the ferry. He was at one time the county judge of Washington County. He died in Walla Walla, Washington, February 12, 1919. Taylors Ferry Road led from the south part of Portland over the north end of Palatine Hill to the ferry. Most of the road southwest of West Portland is now incorporated in the Capitol Highway and in the Pacific Highway West, leaving the name to be applied only to a short section of the old road between Fulton and West Portland. Taylors Ferry post office was in service from October 8, 1869, to December 13, 1869, with John A. Taylor postmaster.

TAYLORVILLE, Wasco County. Taylorville is a locality on Fifteenmile Creek about eight miles southwest of Dufur. For the geography of the place, see USGS map of the Dufur quadrangle. At late reports there was not much stirring in Taylorville. Taylor post office was established on August 20, 1909, and discontinued September 30, 1910, with Albert Tavlor postmaster. The community was apparently named for the postmaster. According to Judge Fred W. Wilson of The Dalles, who wrote the compiler in 1946, a sawmill was established in the timber near this locality, and to accommodate the employees, Taylor opened a store and had the post office established. I'hen the mill stopped operation, the post office was closed. Teal Creek, Polk County. Teal Creek rises in the Coast Range south of Black Rock and flows generally eastward to join Little Luckiamute River near Bridgeport. In pioneer times the stream was called Brown Creek in compliment to Adam Brown, through whose farm it ran. Later John B. Teal moved into the mountains south of Falls City and gradually the name Teal Creek supplanted the name Brown Creek. The change in name took place during the 1890s. Teal was a carpenter, wagonmaker and also a sawmiller. He was at times county commissioner and also county judge. He was a much respected resident of Polk County. The spelling Teel is wrong.