GUm Lookreek. Istater Butte took its name from the stream. Johnson was one of the earliest settlers on Imnaha River.
GUM JUWAC SADDLE, Hood River County. This pass is a mile southwest of Lookout Mountain, on the watershed between Hood River and Badger Creek. It is about 5200 feet in elevation. The Forest Service is authority for the statement that the name is of Indian origin, but its meaning is unknown.
GUNALDO Falls, Yamhill County. Gunaldo Falls are well known to those who traverse the Three Rivers Highway between Hebo and Grand Ronde. They are just northeast of the highway, on Sourgrass Creek, at a point about a mile east of Dolph. The compiler has been informed that these falls were given a synthetic name when a county road was built through in 1915-19. This name is said to have been made by taking the first letters of the last names of two county commissioners and a county judge. In May, 1948, County Clerk A. R. McLaughlin wrote the compiler that William Gunning and W. S. Allan were county commissioners at that time and J. B. Dodson was county judge. Parts of their names have been handed to posterity in this scrambled form.
GUNTER, Douglas County. Gunter post office was established in the fall of 1905, with J. O. Gunter first postmaster. Gunter petitioned for the office and suggested the name of his father-in-law, Craig. Other petitioners sent in Gunter's name, which was adopted by the authorities. Gunter was born in Indiana August 7, 1852, and came to Oregon in November, 1885.
GURDANE, Umatilla County. The post office of Gurdane was named for John S. Gurdane, a pioneer settler of south Umatilla County. He was one time a member of the state legislature. The post office was established in 1890.
GWENDOLEN, Gilliam County. Walter H. Guild, superintendent of the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company at La Grande, informed the compiler in 1927 that Gwendolen was named for Miss Gwendolen Worthington, daughter of B. A. Worthington, formerly vicepresident and general manager of the railroad company. Information to the effect that the station was named for the daughter of a railroad conductor is wrong. The Condon branch line was built shortly before 1900 and the post office was established a few years later.
GWINN, Malheur County. This station about six miles east of Juntura, on the Union Pacific Railroad was named for Monte Gwinn, a stockman of Boise, Idaho. In 1943 it was reported that the station was no longer in service.
GWYNN KNOLL, Lane County. This is a knoll on the Pacific Coast in the northwest part of the county. It is south of Cape Perpetua. It was named for an early settler.
GYPSUM, Baker County. According to information received by the writer from the postmaster at Gypsum in January, 1926, the place was named in the fall of 1907 on account of the gypsum deposit that is situated about a mile northwest of the station. General Charles F. Beebe of Portland was interested in the development of this deposit and probably suggested the name for the station. The post office was established about 1913, with J. C. McNaught as first postmaster. Haas Ridge, Wallowa County. Haas Ridge lies just west of Light
