thereafter. Obediah R. Bean died in 1890, but Mrs. Bean continued to live in Mapleton until about 1906, when she moved to Eugene, where she died on February 19, 1908. The Beans were both pioneers of 1852. A post office called Seaton was established near this locality in November, 1885, with William W. Neeley postmaster. Mrs. Bean became postmaster in April, 1889, and the name of the office was changed to Mapleton March 26, 1896.
Maplewood, Multnomah County. When the Oregon Electric Rail. way was built this station was called Kusa for the Kusan family of Oregon Indians. Some objection arose to the name Kusa and the name was changed to Maplewood because of the trees in the vicinity.
Marble Creek, Baker County. Marble Creek rises in Elkhorn Ridge of the Blue Mountains west of Baker and flows northward toward the ghost town Pocahontas. The stream drains Marble Gulch, which received its name in the '60s because of the large marble deposits near its headwaters. See Hiatt's Thirty-one Years in Baker County, page 33. The point near the head of the gulch is now known as Marble Point.
Marcola, Lane County. The post office of this community was once known as Isabel. About 1885 the railroad was built through the Mohawk Valley and a station known as Marcola was established near the post office. As a result of this the post office name was changed to agree with the station name. The wife of the founder of the town was Mary Cole and the name Marcola was made up in her honor.
Margaret, Grant County. Margaret post office was established May 23, 1898, with Walton H. Wilcox first and only postmaster. The office was discontinued December 31, 1900, with papers to Prairie City. The post route map of 1900 shows the office about eleven miles southeast of Prairie City. In a letter printed in the John Day Ranger, March 7, 1947, R. R. McHaley, long a resident of Grant County, says that Margaret post office was situated at Blue Mountain Hot Springs, and was probably named for the foster mother of Postmaster Wilcox.
Marial, Curry County. Marial was named for Marial Billings, daughter of the first postmaster, Thomas W. Billings. The office was established January 29, 1903.
Marion, Marion County. This station was named because it was situated in Marion County. A. N. Bush of Salem is authority for the statement that when the railroad was built the officials decided to build a station near Mill Creek, at the present site of Turner. This proposed station was to be called Marion. Material for a station and warehouse was sent out from Portland, but the man in charge of the shipment made a mistake and threw it off at the present site of Marion. When the officials found this had been done they concluded to finish the building and retain the name of Marion for the present community of that name. They subsequently had an additional shipment sent to the place they first had in mind and built a station there and called it Turner, for a prominent pioneer resident of the neighborhood, Henry L. Turner.
Marion County. Champooick District, as originally created and named, comprised all that part of Oregon south and east of the mouth of Pudding River. The eastern boundary was the Rocky Mountains, and the southern boundary was the 42nd parallel. The district was created July 5, 1843. In 1847 Linn County was created, and the new boundary between the two counties was put on Santiam River and
