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 summer resort, and was named for two large rocks more than a hundred feet high in the Pacific Ocean just below low tide line. The office was established in the summer of 1914, with William E. Dunsmoor first postmaster.

TWIN SISTERS CREEKS, Douglas County. These streams are in the northwest part of the county, in the Coast Range. They converge into one stream just before they flow into Smith River in section 18, township 20 south, range 8 west. The two creeks are very much alike, and of about the same size. They are known as North Sister Creek and South Sister Creek, and Twin Sister Guard Station is situated at the junction of the two streams. According to H. R. Oglesby, district fire warden, the names are very old and were applied in natural consequence of the similarity of the two creeks.

Two Corral CREEK, Wallowa County. This stream flows into Snake River in township 1 north, range 50 east, and was named because W. H. Winters had two stock corrals there in the early days.

TWOBUCK CREEK, Wallowa County. This stream is called Twobuck Creek because the Warnock brothers once killed two deer nearby at a time when they badly needed meat. It is in township 2 south, range 49 east.

TWOCOLOR CREEK, Baker County. This stream is in township 6 south, range 43 east. It was named because of the contrast in color of the two main forks,

TWOMILE CREEK, Coos County. This stream is about ten miles north of Bandon. It was named during the Coos County gold rush of 1853-55 because it was about two miles north along the beach from Randolph and Whisky Run, one of the important points of the excitement.

TwoMILE CREEK, Coos County. Twomile Creek south of Bandon is said to have been named because it was that distance south of the town and of the mouth of Coquille River. However, maps do not support this theory. The stream is more than five miles south of Bandon. See under FOURMILE CREEK.

TyCER CREEK, Josephine County. Tycer Creek is about five miles southeast of Kerby. It was named for James E. Tycer who settled in Brownsville in 1853 and moved to Josephine County in 1866. He owned a ranch near the stream.

TYEE MOUNTAIN, Douglas County. Tyee is the Chinook jargon word for chief, and this mountain was so named because of its important position in its surroundings. The word comes from the Nootka language. There is a post office near the mountain called Tyee.

TYGH VALLEY, Wasco County. Tygh Valley is a post office in the valley of the same name on the banks of Tygh Creek. To the north is an imposing range of hills over 3000 feet high, known as Tygh Ridge. The name comes from the Tygh Indian tribe, now part of the Warm Springs Indians. The Pacific Railroad Surveys Reports, 1855, use the form Tysch Prairie. Fremont in his Report of 1845 gives Taih Prairie. Handbook of American Indians, volume I, page 860, gives other forms.

UKIAH, Umatilla County. This post office was established September 22, 1890, with DeWitt C. Whiting first postmaster. E. B. Gambee, of Portland, informed the writer in 1926 that he suggested the name of the Oregon community which had been platted August 6, 1890, by the Camas Land Company. Gambee had previously lived in Ukiah,