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The promontory is about a third of a mile south of Bob Creek and just north of Agate Creek. While not large, Bray Point presents a bold front to the sea and affords a fine view to travelers on the Oregon Coast Highway.

BRAYMILL, Klamath County. This post office had a comparatively short life. The name of the office was coined by taking the last name of W. M. Bray, principal owner of the Sprague River Company, which operates a sawmill at that point, and combining it with the word "mill." Surely ingenuity could go no further. Braymill station was formerly called Meva.

BREITENBUSH, Marion County. Breitenbush post office and Breitenbush Hot Springs, on Breitenbush River about ten miles northeast and upstream from Detroit, got their names from the river. Breitenbush post office was established March 21, 1928, with Merle D. Bruckman postmaster.

BREITENBUSH RIVER, Marion County. Breitenbush River was named for John Breitenbush, a pioneer hunter of the North Santiam River region. The name was applied in the fall of 1873 by John Minto's official exploring party. See OHQ, volume IV, page 248.

BREWSTER, Linn County. This station north of Lebanon was named for Alexander Brewster, on whose land it was situated.

BRICE CREEK, Lane County. This stream rises on the western slopes of the Cascade Range and flows into Row River. It was named for Frank Brass, a prospector of early days. Brass fell into the stream on a prospecting trip and a companion named the creek for him. Time has brought about the change in spelling. The stream was formerly called Frank Brice Creek, but in 1943, the USBGN, in the interest of simplicity adopted the style Brice Creek. Brice Creek seems to be the form used locally. Bridal Veil Falls, Multnomah County. The romantically inclined never fail to name at least one important waterfall in a state Bridal Veil. The falls in Oregon bearing this name are quite attractive during the higher stages of water, even though they are to a certain extent obscured by the bridge of the Columbia River Highway. They have borne this name since pioneer days. There is a community nearby named Bridal Veil. The creek forming the falls is also known as Bridal Veil Creek. It heads on Larch Mountain.

BRIDGE, Coos County. Bridge is a post office and community on Middle Fork Coquille River about eleven miles east of Myrtle Point, named for a nearby bridge over the stream. A post office named Angora served this locality, in part, in earlier days. It was established in August, 1883, and was closed in May, 1894. Bridge post office was established July 6, 1894, with Thomas E. Manly postmaster. An effort was made to call the reestablished office Angora but for some reason the Post Office Department did not approve of the suggestion. It seems probable that the office at Bridge was not in the same place as the former office of Angora, but the records are not clear.

BRIDGE CREEK, Grant County. Bridge Creek lay along the first route of travel from northeastern Oregon into the John Day mines. This route was at first nothing more than a trail. During the mining excitement of the early '60s, the packers made some improvements so their work could be carried on more expeditiously, and among other things they built