Page:Oregon Historical Quarterly vol. 26.djvu/466

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Lewis A. McArthur

range the highest summits lie in a well defined line beginning at Clatsop Crest on the Columbia River, passing through Saddle Mountain and Neahkahnie Mountain. South of the Nehalem and north of the Siuslaw there is a succession of peaks and mountains most of which are west of the drainage divide. The South Yamhill River cuts deeply into the Coast Range from the Willamette Valley with a resultant pass to the ocean of but a little over 700 feet. Yaquina River does the same, except from the west. The Siuslaw River has also cut a pass below 500 feet, and the Umpqua River does likewise.

Coburg, Lane County. Coburg is said to bear the name of a well-known Lane County stallion. A blacksmith by the name of Thomas Kane operated a smithy where Coburg is now located and because the horse was brought to his shop to be shod, Kane applied the name to the incipient community. This information has been furnished to the writer by Lucien Ward a prominent resident of the neighborhood.

Cochran, Washington County. Cochran post office and railroad station were named after Judge Joseph W. Cochran and J. Henry Cochran, brothers, of Ashland, Wisconsin, who owned a large tract of timber in that locality.

Coe Glacier, Hood River County. This is one of the important glaciers on the north slopes of Mt. Hood and has its source near the top of the mountain. It lies east of Pulpit Rock, and Coe Branch flows northeast from its base. It was named for Captain George Coe, a pioneer resident of the Hood River Valley, who with several others, operated a stage line to the mountain.

Colebrook Butte, Curry County. This butte has an elevation of 2046 feet and is about ten miles south of Port Orford and two miles east of the Pacific Ocean. Euchre Creek flows around its eastern and southern