McGowan of Burns, wrote the compiler that this is not a fact. French came to Oregon in the early '70s as a scout for Dr. Hugh James Glenn, the great land-owner of the Sacramento Valley. Among others, French bought out an old prospector and trapper who had a small ranch in the place that French wanted for headquarters. This man was already using a P iron, according to McGowan. French bought him out, iron and all, and made the brand famous throughout the West. It was a coincidence that it was the initial of Pete French's first name.
Pacific City, Tillamook County. Pacific City was named because of its proximity to the Pacific Ocean. The post office was established July 31, 1909, with Peter Murray postmaster.
Pacific OCEAN, western boundary of Oregon. After crossing the Isthmus of Panama in September, 1513, Vasco Nunez de Balboa discovered the ocean which he called Mar del Sur or Sea of the South. In November, 1520, Fernando Magellan, also under the Spanish flag, sailed through the straits which have since borne his name. On sailing into the great sea, he found it calm and bestowed the name of Pacific Ocean. Both names were used for many years. The Lewis and Clark expedition, 1803-1806, used these names: "Entrance of the Columbia River into the Great South Sea or Pacific Ocean" and again, "The Great Western Ocian, I can't say Pacific, as since I have seen it, it has been the reverse." (Thwaites Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, volume III, pages 235 and 162.)
PACKARD CREEK, Lane County. This stream is three miles south of Oakridge. It was named for a logger who took a contract for getting out some sugarpine logs. He used ox carts for hauling logs from the woods to the river. This took place in the early '70s.
Paddys VALLEY, Douglas and Lane counties. This is the valley of Middle Fork Willamette River where that stream crosses the county line west of Emigrant Butte. George H. Kelly of Portland told the compiler that the name was very old, and that he had been unable to learn its origin. When he was a young man the place was called Paddys Marsh.
PAISLEY, Lake County. There is conflicting information about the reason for the name Paisley. The compiler has been informed that the place was named by Charles Mitchell Innes, a Scot, for Paisley in his native land. This was about 1873. The writer was told that Innes bestowed the name because the Oregon townsite reminded him of Paisley in Scotland. Whatever the reason may have been, it certainly could not have been this. A letter from E. J. McDonald printed on the editorial page of the Oregonian, July 21, 1927, says that the place was named by a Mr. Steele, also a native of Scotland. The reader will have to make his own choice. The post office was established May 12, 1879, with Samuel G. Steele first postmaster. Presumably he is the man referred to by McDonald.
PALANUSH BUTTE, Deschutes County. This butte, southeast of Crane Prairie, is named with the Klamath indian word indicating a place that is dried up.
PALATINE Hill, Multnomah County. Since the '80s the hill or ridge just west of the west bank of the Willamette River and east of Tryon Creek has been called Palatine Hill. The Palatine Hill road traverses the summit of this hill, which has a maximum elevation of 506 feet. The Romans used the word palatine in referring to something pertaining to
