Albert, Clatsop County. Albert was a small community and post office on the upper reaches of Blind Slough a little to the south of Aldrich Point. The office was established September 11, 1901, with Nels Haglund first postmaster. The place was named for Albert Berglund, who was the second postmaster. The office was closed out on September 15, 1913, with all papers to Blind Slough.
Albina, Multnomah County. Albina is now a part of Portland, but it was originally a separate municipality. It was laid out in 1872 and incorporated in 1887. Portland, East Portland and Albina were consolidated in 1891, It was named for Albina G. Page, daughter of William W. Page, by Edwin Russell, one-time manager of the Bank of British Columbia in Portland. Page, a native of Virginia, came to Oregon in 1857 and died in Portland in 1897. Albina was settled upon (donation land claim) by James L. Loring and Joseph Delay. Litigation between them was won by Delay, who sold to W. W. Page, Edwin Russell and George H. Williams, who laid out the town. It was later purchased by William Reid and J. B. Montgomery, and settlement began in 1874. Albina post office was in service from 1876 to 1892.
Alco Creek, Jackson County. Alco Creek flows into Elk Creek about eight miles airline northeast of Trail, and Alco Rock, elevation 4479 feet, is a little to the north of the headwaters of the stream. According to D. W. Pence of Eagle Point, these features were named for an early settler, about whom little seems to be known. He had a place near the mouth of Alco Creek. On May 1, 1896, a post office was established for the locality, with the name Alcoe and with Richard P. Winsly postmaster, but the office was never actually put in operation, and Winsly's appointment was rescinded June 24, 1896.
Alder Slope, Wallowa County. Alder Slope is a well-known part of the Wallowa Valley, lying southwest of Enterprise and at the base of Wallowa Mountains. Alder was one of the first communities in the valley. It was named for the alder trees that grew around the Beecher cabin. The first church in Wallowa Valley, Quaker, was built at Alder about 1888. The townsite was platted in 1886, but the newer community of Enterprise drew the trade and now Alder is mostly a memory, with Alder Slope as its legacy. The name alder has been used in many places in Oregon, and in the western part of the state generally refers to the presence of the red alder, Alnus rubra. In the eastern part of the state the name alder is more likely to refer to mountain alder, Alnus tenuifolia, or white alder, Alnus rhombifolia. Alder post office, the third in what is now Wallowa County, was established April 5, 1878, with Henry Beecher first postmaster. The office was discontinued October 9, 1890.
Alder Springs. Lane County. Alder Springs is a place on Mckenzie Highway about 15 miles east of McKenzie Bridge and for a very long time it has been a popular spot. In early days it was sometimes called Isom Corral. In the summer of 1898 Claude Branton and Courtland Green were helping a man named John Linn drive some stock from the Cobb place near Sisters, west over McKenzie Pass into the Willamette Valley. It turned out that the word "helping" was euphemistic, to say the least. On the evening of June 15, 1898, while the party was camped at Alder Springs, Branton shot and killed Linn with a revolver. Branton was later tried and convicted for his part in the affair. He was hanged at Eugene, May 12, 1899. Green turned state's evidence and pleaded guilty
