The Oregon Geographic Names Board is responsible for recommending names for geographic features in the state of Oregon. The board submits its recommendations to the United States Board on Geographic N
Members of the Oregon Geographic Names Board posing in front of "Frustration Falls" on the Salmon River, Salmon–Huckleberry Wilderness, Mt. Hood National Forest, Oregon. This photo was taken during a 1963 expedition to name the waterfalls in the Salmon River Gorge. The men pictured are thought to be Thomas Vaughan of the Oregon Historical Society, Herb Stone of the U.S. Forest Service and Donald Sterling, Editor of the Oregon Journal.
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Oregon Geographic Names is a compilation of the origin and meaning of place names in the U.S. state of Oregon, published by the Oregon Historical Society. The book was originally published in 1928. It
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…Society published his research in eight issues of the Oregon Historical Quarterly in the early 1920s. In 1928, McArthur paid to have the first edition of Oregon Geographic Names published. The book was quickly recognized as the authoritative source for information regarding the origins and history of Oregon place names. A second…
Cover of 7th edition