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DELITTII. mile west of Albany. It was named for Hub Bryant, a pioneer resident. Bryant Park, in Albany, was given to the city by the same man. He owned considerable land in the vicinity of the lake.

BUCHANAN, Harney County. Buchanan is a locality about twenty miles east of Burns on the Central Oregon Highway where the highway begins to climb up out of Harney Valley. The place bears the name of a local family. Buchanan post office was established May 1, 1911, with Hattie E. Buchanan first postmaster. The office was closed June 30, 1919, but the place is still referred to as Buchanan. For biography of Joseph W. and Hattie E. Buchanan, see History of Baker, Grant, Malheur and Harney Counties, page 715.

BUCK CREEK, Multnomah County. This stream flows into Sandy River just north of Gordon Creek. It has also been known as Trapper Creek, but the U. S. Geological Survey has adopted the name Buck Creek, which seems to represent the best local use.

BUCK FORK, Douglas County. Buck Fork was the name of a post office on Buck Fork, a tributary of North Myrtle Creek. Buck Fork stream was probably named for Buck Peak, a prominent landmark south of Lane Mountain, as it heads near the peak. Buck Fork post office was in operation from September, 1910, until August, 1927.

BUCK ISLAND, Klamath County. Buck Island is near the lower end of Upper Klamath Lake. It is one of many features in Oregon named for some event connected with a deer. In pioneer days it was called Rattlesnake Island.

BUCK ROCK, Jackson County. Buck Rock is a well-known landmark northeast of Trail. It was named in 1860 by Albert Winkle, a pioneer hunter and trapper. Its top was frequented by deer.

BUCKHORN SPRINGS, Wallowa County. Buckhorn Springs are well known. They are in township 3 north, range 48 east. The place was frequented by deer and many horns were shed there. Campers found the horns and made piles of them.

BUCKNECK MOUNTAIN, Douglas County. This mountain is on the divide between Rogue River and North Umpqua River, northwest of Crater Lake, and has an elevation of 6173 feet. The origin of the name is not known, but it was applied by a sheepherder some time prior to 1906.

BUCKSKIN PEAK, Curry and Josephine counties. This peak, elevation 4088 feet, is in the Siskiyou Mountains about four miles north of the Ore. gon-California state line, The summit of the peak is covered with the socalled "buckskin boulders." They are of many sizes but all of peculiar buckskin color. BudD CREEK, Coos County. Budd Creek bears the name of an early settler. It flows into Cunningham Creek northwest of Coquille.

BUELL, Polk County. Buell is in the northern part of the county, and was named for Elias Buell, who started a mill there and a small store in pioneer days. Elias Buell's land office certificate was numbered 4165. Buell post office was established in March, 1900.

BUENA Vista, Polk County. The compiler is informed by E. M. Croisan, of Salem, that Buena Vista was named by his grandfather, Reason B. Hall, whose donation land claim formed the site of the community. Hall was born in Georgia in 1791, and settled on his land claim in 1847. He named Buena Vista about 1850, because some of his relatives participated in the battle of Buena Vista in Mexico. About the time he