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who came to the area from
Maine. Otlier uarly settlers
at or near Ella Center were
John Handy, Johan Troedson,
Charles Jaynes, George Cra
ne, and the Van Cleves, and
William Parsons.
CASTLE ROCK
A P.O. established at Castle
Rock in 1883 which lasted
until 1926; however. It is pro
bably the first place In Mor
row County included in Ore
gon Historical records. It
was named for a rock for
mation along the river that
seemed to resemble a castle.
In 1847 a wagon train of
13 families camped there.
Buffalo skin clad Pawnees
approached the train,
apparently out of curiosity.
As they left they revealed
their true purpose by stam
peding the team and stock.
Several shots were fired,
trail ropes grabbed and the
animals retrieved. Later two
men from this train, who had
asserted with bravado that
they would kill an Indian dur
ing the trek to Oregon, were
approached b Pawnees as the
travelers were out hunting.
The Indians forced the men to
disrobe, threw their boots
back at them, as boots were
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useless to Indians, and then
chased them at a fast clip
back to the wagon train.
There was a ferry there
later and hay was ferrliid ta
sheep raisers on the Washing
ton shore. Before the rail
roads, a stage coach line ran
south to Heppner.
The magazine West Shore of
October 1883 stated, "Castle
Rock now contains an express
office, postoffice, saloon,
dwelling, school, etc. The
growth of western towns is
wonderful." When the O.K.
& N. was established, Cas
tle Rock flourished as a ma
jor shipping depot for Morrow
County. It's small school
building was later moved to
Boardman; its postoffice
ciosed; and the two-story
business building destroyed
by a fire in 1930.
ATWOGD
In the fall of 1883 three
postoffices were established
in the county, Atwood toward
the eastern side, Castlerock
at the far north, and Eight
mile in the south west.
Atwood' s first postmaster
was Henry C. Thomson an
uncle of Phebe Bartholomew.
The Atwoods were her mater
nal grandparents who had set
tled on Butler Creek in 1853
near what was then called
Emigrant Crossing and then
became Atwood the present
Lexington-Butler Creek high
ways join there. The post
office was discontinued in
1888.
ETCHTMILE
The Eightrn'le P.O. wasac
tive from 1883 until 1941.
It is reported to have been
located in eight different hom
es before a building for it
was built in 1912 at the Ei
ghtniile Center, near a gener
al store and the school which
was built in the 1880's.
A listing of early settlers
in the Eightmile community
includes; Moses Cantwell,
Ellhu Stanton, Jacob Young,
Harvey Vaughn, Richard Rob
ison, Luther Huston, Bill Be-
cket, Riley Hunkers, Olof
Hergstnmi. diaries Ander
son, Oliver I'lerson, John
Allstott, M,irlln and James
Gerkin, Pete Hrenner, G"
rge J it nk t it. M 'I Humphrey,
Clifford Jones, l.ee and John
Cantwell, Charles and find
Ingram, Francis Courier, Le
onard Farmer, Frank and
Case Fuqua, Jerome Young,
and Wes Uranium.
ADAMSVIIJ.K, ALPINE,
GOOSEBERRY, IONE AND
SALINEV1LLE
In 1HH4 five new postof
fices came Into lielng. Ad
amsville under postmaster
Silas Miles was consolidated
with Hardman In 1885. Al
pine's first postmaster was
G.H. Parsell. The postoff
ice in this Sand Hollow com
munity was discontinued In
1894 after which its mall was
sent to the Galloway Post
office. The old school at
Alpine is still standing.
GOOSEBERRY'S first post
master was Isaac R. Esteb.
There was a tri-weekly stage
which ran to Arlington via
Fletts and Olex and carried
the mail. This P.O. was
discontinued in 1918. The
Valby Church is a historic
feature of this community.
Some early gooseberry
bushes which grew and flou
rished near a spring on Hail
Ridge gave the community its
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