Oregon town is generally pronounced with the accent on the first syllable, but the name of the place in India is pronounced with the accent on the second syllable.
Magone Lake, Grant County. Patsy Daly of Prairie City informed the compiler in 1927 that this lake was named for Major Joseph W. Magone, a resident of Canyon City. Magone stocked the lake with fish, and it was named for him on that account. The spelling Magoon is wrong. Magone was born in New York in 1821 and came to Oregon in 1847. He was a miller by occupation. He served in the Cayuse War with the rank of major. He lived in the Willamette Valley until 1872, when he went to eastern Oregon. He served in the Bannock War under General O. O. Howard as a guide and express messenger. When he was over 70 years old, Major Magone walked all the way from Canyon City to Chicago to see the World's Columbian Exposition and won a wager for the feat. He died at Ogdensburg, New York, February 15, 1902. For additional information, see OHQ, volume III, page 276, et seq., and volume IX, page 309. See also several references in Down's History of the Silverton Country.
Magpie Peak, Baker County. This butte is near Haines. J. Neilson Barry told the writer that during early days in Baker County this was a convenient place for cattle round-ups. As a result of stock being driven to the peak for sorting, a great many magpies flew in with the cattle, and the country around the place became covered with them.
Mahogany Creek, Wallowa County. This stream, in township 4 south, ranges 47 and 48 east, as well as several other geographic features in eastern Oregon, is named for the curlleaf mountain mahogany, Cerocarpus ledifolius.
Maiden Gulch, Baker County. This gulch is near Sparta. For the history of this locality during the mining days, see editorial page, the Oregonian, October 7, 1927, and the Baker Morning Democrat of October 19, 1927. Dunham Wright, of Medical Springs told the compiler that the prospects in Maiden Gulch were discovered by a bachelor who was of a romantic turn of mind and decided to compliment the opposite sex.
Maiden Peak, Deschutes and Lane counties. Explanations of this name are not satisfactory. One is to the effect that the mountain, which is at the summit of the Cascade Range, was named in contradistinction to the Three Sisters and Bachelor Butte to the north. Another is that the shape of the mountain resembles a reclining female figure, while a third is that the shape is like a woman's breast. The compiler thinks the first named reason is most likely the correct one. Maiden Peak has an elevation of 7811 feet.
Maidu Lake, Douglas County. Maidu Lake is the source of North Umpqua River. The name is that of an Indian family or tribe of the Sierra Nevada region of California. The writer does not know how it got transferred to Oregon.
Majors Prairie, Lane County. Dee Wright told the compiler that Majors Prairie and Majors Creek nearby, both in the valley of North Fork northeast of Oakridge, were named for one Majors, a stockman. The form Major is wrong.
Makin Creek, Wallowa County. Makin Creek drains into Cherry Creek in township 4 north, range 48 east. It bears the name of Elzie O. Makin who bought a squatter's right from George Cusker, built a cabin near the stream and moved his family into it. He was a sheep man.
Maklaks Pass, Crater Lake National Park, Klamath County. This
