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Places Named for Explorers and Immigrant Settlers

Hillsboro is named after Oregon’s first Beaverton is named for the abun- Steens Mountain is named for the Harney Lake is named after a elected governor, David Hill dance of beavers that originally army major who fought the Paiutes Brigadier General William Harney Three Sisters mountains were origi- inhabited the wetlands of this in the region in 1860 Owyhee River is named for Hawai- nally called Faith, Hope, and Charity agricultural region Summer Lake was named by ian fur trappers killed nearby by missionaries Burns is named for the Scottish Captain Fremont to contrast with Malheur River Means “misfortune” Hell’s Canyon in the Snake River poet Robert Burns nearby Winter Ridge in French and refers to thefts of furs gorge was named to promote tourism Hood River and Mt. Hood are Enterprise was named by the town’s that hunters experienced in the area Columbia River was named by named for Samuel Hood, a member first, and optimistic, residents Astoria is named for John Jacob Captain Robert Gray after his ship, the of Captain Vancouver’s expedition Rogue River was first called Wood- Astor whose fur company had a “Columbia Rediviva”, with first Corvallis is Latin for “heart of the ville, but was changed to better trading post there entered the river in 1792 valley” advertise the town