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 vivors rescued from the Indians by Peter Skene Ogden. He stayed in Oregon City until 1850 and in April of that year went to The Dalles to settle. The records of the land office indicate that he made settlement on his claim on April 1, 1851. Mrs. Crate was from the Red River of the North, and the couple had 14 children, the fourth being John Crate, who was an infant when his parents went to The Dalles, and who lived in Wasco County for three-quarters of a century. Mrs. Crate came to Oregon about 1845, and her maiden name was Sophia Berchia or Berchier. The Crate claim was near the river under the slope of the bluff. The name on the original application at the land office is spelled Crete, but the family apparently abandoned this form of spelling long ago.

, Yamhill County. This is a station between Lafayette and Newberg, and was named for Medorem Crawford, who was born in Orange County, New York, June 24, 1819. He came to Oregon in 1842 with Dr. Elijah White, and took a prominent part in the affairs of the state. He died December 27, 1891. For biographical information, see Scott's History of the Oregon Country. Medorem Crawford was esteemed by all who knew him and his narrative of the emigration of 1842 appeared in the Transactions of the Oregon Pioneer Association for 1881.

, Linn County. Crawfordsville is on the Calapooya River in the southern part of the county, and was named for George F. Crawford, who was born in Virginia in 1818, came to Oregon in 1853 and died in Albany in 1899.

, Klamath County. This town, with an elevation of 4453 feet, is an important trading point on The Dalles-California Highway about 50 miles south of Bend. It was at this place that the proposed junction of the Harriman north and south and east and west railroads was to have been located, under the name of Odell,