East Lake, Deschutes County. This is a landlocked lake about two miles in diameter, occupying what was probably once part of the crater of a volcanic peak known to geologists as Mount Newberry. It is in the Paulina Mountains southeast of Bend. It is in the eastern part of the crater, opposite Paulina Lake, and is called East Lake on that account.
East Morrison Street, Multnomah County. In the summer of 1909 the Southern Pacific Company opened a new station to serve the east part of Portland and the official name was East Morrison Street. In the days of more frequent local train service, this station did a good business and the regular patrons were augmented by travelers who found they could not make the time to the Union Station but could catch their trains at East Morrison Street by judicious use of taxicabs or family automobiles. Station attendants and train crews saw the finish of many a close race. The East Morrison Street station was demolished in the winter of 1945-46. For news story and pictures of the event, see the Sunday Oregonian, January 13, 1946. The reference to the East Side station is incorrect. The railroad name-board read East Morrison Street, and at one time the lettering was gilt on a black background. The station served little or no passenger business in recent years. The original Oregon & California Rail Road station established about 1879 was on what was known as L Street in East Portland, later East Washington Street. The building was generally called the L-Street station but the official name was East Portland. Later there was another station near the mouth of Sullivan Gulch which was called the East Side station, but still later East Portland, serving two railroads. See under East Portland, After the station name East Portland was moved from East Washington Street to the new East Portland station near the mouth of Sullivan Gulch, it was necessary to adopt a new name for the old station. The railroad company decided on the style East Washington Street and that name was used up to the time that the new East Morrison Street establishment was put in service.
East Portland, Multnomah County. East Portland existed as a separate community from pioneer days until June 1, 1891, when an election was held on the proposal to consolidate the three communities Portland, East Portland and Albina. The proposal carried and the program became effective July 5, 1891. James B. Stephens was the founder of East Portland. In 1845 Stephens bought for $200 property previously owned by a French-Canadian, one Porier. Stephens laid out a town in 1850-51 and filed the East Portland plat in 1865. The selection of the name seemed to have been natural, but not imaginative, and in this respect followed the pattern of much other Oregon nomenclature. For the early history of Stephens and East Portland by Leslie M, Scott, see OHQ, volume XXXI, page 351. East Portland post office was established May 15, 1866, with Milton Hosford first postmaster. The office continued in service until March 4, 1892, when it was consolidated with Portland. John M. Lewis was then postmaster of East Portland. When the Oregon & California Rail Road began to operate about 1870, it had a station called East Portland. This station was near the foot of what was then L Street, now known as Southeast Washington Street. This station was popularly known as the L-Street station, although East Portland was its official name. This was not the same station as East Morrison Street, a later structure that served many years and was demolished in the winter of 1945-46. The railroad had a terminus farther north near the mouth
