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 of Alsea Bay that could be had from where the office then stood.

, Klamath County. Annie E. Taylor, postmistress at Beatty, reports in 1925 that this community was named for Rev. J. L. Beatty, a missionary who lived in that section of the Klamath Indian Reservation. Beatty is on Sprague River and has an elevation of 4345 feet. It is on the state highway between Klamath Falls and Lakeview.

, Harney County. This prominent butte is in the southwest part of the county, and Beatys Springs are nearby. These features were named during Colonel C. S. Drew's Owyhee Reconnoissance with the 1st Oregon Cavalry in 1864, and serve to perpetuate the memory of Sergeant A. M. Beaty, who is especially mentioned in Drew's report for the zealous performance of his "duties. The U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey gives the elevation of this butte as 7916 feet.

, Clackamas County. The name of Beaver Creek community was first used for a school district in the early 50's, and came from the name of the stream that flows into the Willamette River near New Era. Beaver Creek community is south of Oregon City and has an elevation of 528 feet. The name of the post office is Beavercreek.

There are streams called Beaver creek in almost every county in the state. The beaver were very numerous through early days in Oregon, a fact that is attested by an examination of the journals of the various fur hunters. For instance, on Sunday, April 22, 1827, Peter Skene Ogden mentioned in his diary that McKay had taken 735 beaver and otter skins on two small streams discharging into Clammittee (Klamath) River in about three weeks. No wonder we have so many Beaver creeks, and so few beaver.

, Washington County. Beaverton received its name because of the existence nearby of a large body