central Oregon. See article by A. L. Veazie, OHQ, volume XXXIX, page 380. It may be assumed that Hash Rock, about 20 miles airline northeast of Prineville, was named for this man or one of his family.
HASKIN BUTTE, Wallowa County. Haskin Butte is in the south part of township 3 north, range 46 east. It bears the name of Robert J. Haskin, who took up a homestead in the neighborhood and ranged his stock there. The butte has also been called McKibbin and also Greenwood, but the style Haskin Butte has superseded the other forms. The name Haskins Butte is wrong.
HAT CREEK, Wallowa County. Hat Creek is in the southeast part of the county and flows into Snake River. It was named many years ago when Alex Warnock was riding an unruly pony and had his hat bucked off near this stream. That hat hung on a bush for some time and the stream was named on that account. Hat Point, a prominent peak near the headwaters of Hat Creek, was named for the stream. Hat Rock, Crook County. Hat Rock is a descriptive name applied to a formation on the southeast slopes of Powell Buttes in the southwest corner of the county. This rock is near the middle of township 16 south, range 15 east. Hat Rock post office was named for this formation. The office was established September 6, 1910, with Louisa E. Becker postmaster. The office was closed November 18, 1911.
HAUSER, Coos County. Hauser is a station on the line of the Southern Pacific Company north of Coos Bay. It was named for Eric V. Hauser of Portland. About 1914 Eric Hauser and his sons had a construction contract on the railroad. The community now known as Hauser was then called North Slough, but the name was changed to Hauser because the old name suggested miasmatic surroundings.
HAWKINS Pass, Wallowa County. Albert Hawkins was for many years on the staff of the Oregonian before he died May 8, 1930. He was profoundly interested in Pacific Northwest history and geography and was a tireless pedestrian and climber in the most difficult circumstances. His enthusiasm for the Wallowa Mountains was immense, and on July 27, 1929, he was a member of a small party that climbed over a pass on the divide between Imnaha and the Wallowa drainage about three miles southeast of Eagle Cap. Shortly after his death a petition signed by various public officials and private citizens asked to have the pass named in his honor, which was done by USBGN. The compiler lists the pass in Wallowa County, but it is very close to the county line and in fact may be in Union County. For biography of Albert Hawkins, see the Oregonian May 9, 1930.
HAWTHORNE, Douglas County. According to an article by Charles V. Stanton in the Roseburg News-Review, February 14, 1947, Hawthorne post office was on Calapooya Creek about fifteen miles east of Oakland, and was given the middle name of the postmaster, Erastus Hawthorne Cooper. The Hawthorne school was situated nearby. Hawthorne post office was established February 10, 1905, with Cooper first and only postmaster. It was closed July 20, 1911, with mail to Oakland. In February, 1947, Margaret Smith of Sutherlin wrote about the difficulties of mail service in the days before good roads. "The mail was delivered to Hawthorne each Tuesday and Saturday by Edgar L. Rone. He was assisted by the various youngsters of the neighborhood, who considered the trip to town and back a real privilege. Often the roads were impass
