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BROADBENT, Coos County. Broadbent was named for C. E. Broadbent, who built a cheese factory in the community some time prior to the date the post office was established, which was in 1916.

BROADMEAD, Polk County. Mead is the Anglo-Saxon word for meadow, and Broadmead means Broadmeadow. The post office was established January 8, 1915, with Wm. H. Morris postmaster.

BROADY CREEK, Wallowa County. This stream is in the northeast part of the county. It was named for a broad-horned cow that belonged to Tom Green, She ranged along this stream.

BROCKWAY, Douglas County. Brockway, a little to the southwest of Roseburg, was once known as Civil Bend, a name said to refer to the boisterous activity of visitors to the horseraces, Civil Bend post office was in service from September, 1881, to October, 1888. When the office was reestablished in 1889, postal authorities objected to a name with two words, so a new name was selected in honor of B. B. Brockway, a pioneer resident. See under Civil BEND.

BROGAN, Malheur County. This town was started by D. M. Brogan and was given his name in 1909. It is in the northern part of the county at the north end of the Union Pacific Railroad Company's branch from Vale.

BROKEN TOP, Deschutes County. Although badly shattered, this mountain is one of the important peaks in the Cascade Range. It is southeast of South Sister and has an elevation of 9165 feet. From the aspect of its jagged summit it is not difficult to see why it was named. On its northern slope is Bend Glacier, on its south slope is Crook Glacier.

BROKENCOT - CREEK, Curry County. This stream is in the southeast part of the county in the Siskiyou Mountains. It rises east of Chetco Peak, and flows northward into Chetco River. It was named for Brokencot Camp, an old stopping place near its headwaters, distinguished by some worn out camp equipment.

BROOKINGS, Curry County. This post office was named for Robert S. Brookings, of St. Louis, Missouri, about 1913, He was the largest stockholder in a lumbering enterprise that started the town.

BROOKS, Marion County. This is a station on the main line of the Southern Pacific Company nine miles north of Salem. It was named for Linus Brooks, who was born in Ohio in 1805, and came to Oregon from Illinois in 1850 and settled near the present site of the community. For additional information about the Brooks family see editorial page of the Oregon Journal, June 25, 1927.

BROOKS MEADOWS, Hood River County. Brooks Meadows are drained by one of the branches of Dog River. These meadows were named for Caleb G. Brooks, who began to run cattle there about 1877. Brooks was a native of Iowa, and came to The Dalles with his family about 1870. He died in 1899, but his sons continued to use Brooks Meadows for cattle until about 1920.

BROTHERS, Deschutes County. This is a post office on the Central Oregon Highway between Bend and Burns, in the southeast part of the county. It is said to have been named Brothers in contradistinction to Sisters, a well-known community northwest of Bend, which was named for the Three Sisters mountains. Brothers post office was established in September, 1913, with Patrick H. Coffey first postmaster.

BROUGHTON, Lane County. Broughton post office was named for the family of Thomas Broughton, the first and only postmaster. He was ap