[or-roots] Re: Lancaster- near Junction City, OR

[Lee Gentemann]

An Amazing Revelation!

I didn't know "Oregon Geographic Names" had an index till now.

I assumed (incorrectly) that with all the names in alphabetic order........

Thanks Anne

Lee

Anne Billeter wrote:

> Actually, the Lancaster in Lane County IS in "Oregon Geographic Names," but you have to look in the index to find the reference. The index sends you to the entry about Freedom, Lane County. "Post office recorsds show that Freedom post office was established Feb. 17, 1858, with Thomas M. Awbrey first postmaster. The name of the office was changed to Lancaster on May 7, 1866, when Joseph S. Lyman was postmaster. It seems probable that this office was at or near the place called Lancaster, which is just southwest of Harrisburg. Walling in his "Illustrated History of Lane County," p. 458, says that in the early 1850s a man named Woody started a house of entertainment in this locality and called it Woodyville. The term house of entertainment seems to have been a fancy name for a roadhouse. Walling also says that Johnson Mulkey bought the property, changed the name to Lancaster and built a sawmill. The writer has no information about the origins of the names Freedom or Lancaster. It is
> interesting to note that Lancaster, a city in Pennsylvania, is not far east of Harrisburg. The associations of names in Pennsylvania may have had something to do with naming a place Lancaster in Oregon because it was close to a town called Harrisburg. The author has no evidence to support this theory, but it is appealing. On Jan. 23, 1872, the name of Lancaster post office was changed to Junction City. It is probable that at that time the office was moved south so as to be on the recently constructed railroad. The first postmaster of the Junction City office was David McAlpine."
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> Anne Billeter
> billeter at entwood.com
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> At 03:30 PM 5/10/03 -0700, Lee Gentemann wrote:
> >>>>
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>      Oregon Geographic Names doesn't list Lancaster but it is mentioned at:
>      <http://www.placesnamed.com/l/a/lancaster.asp>http://www.placesnamed.com/l/a/lancaster.asp
>      There isn't any history of the place - just map coordinates.
>      Lancaster, Oregon, United States [Place] is in Lane County; location is 4415'11"N
>      12311'40"W; elevation is 313 feet [SourceGSP]
>
>      There is another Lancaster in Malheur county, that is listed in Oregon Geographic Names:
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>      Lancaster, Oregon, United States [Place] is in Malheur County; location is 446'53"N
>      11721'48"W [SourceGSP]
>
>      I don't have any further info on this.
>
>      Lee Gentemann
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>      LMA Project_Managers wrote: <?xml:namespace prefix="v" /><?xml:namespace prefix="o" />Can anybody fill me in on the origins of the old town named "Lancaster" just North of Junction City? I have some relatives who are listed as having been born there from 1860 to 1880. Who/what is the town named after? Any other historical information. (I already checked with the Oregon Blue Book. Nada) Thanks in advance. Laura C.Olympia, WA
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