Shambrook postmaster. About 1905 the word Ferry was eliminated from the name.
UMPQUA RIVER, Douglas County. Umpqua was the Indian name of the locality of Umpqua River, and the name came to be applied both to the river and to an Indian tribe; given as Umptqua, or Arguilas River, by David Douglas, in 1825, OHQ, volume VI, pages 82, 84, 95. Peter Skene Ogden refere to Umqua Mts. on November 25, 1826, writing of the Cascade Range, which he was viewing from the Deschutes River,
OHQ, volume XI, page 210. John Work used the style Umquah Mountain in his journal for October 3, 1833, referring to the divide between the Umpqua and Rogue rivers. Alexander Ross gives Imp-qua in his First Settlers on the Oregon, page 237, and Umpqua in his Fur Hunters of the Far West, volume I, page 108. Wilkes' map (1841) shows Umpqua. William P. McArthur uses the form Umpqua in his survey of the Pacific Coast in 1850. Hale gives Umpquas in Ethnography and Philology, 1846, page 198, and Umpqua and Umkwa, page 204. The Umpquas are classed as an Athapascan tribe of the upper Umpqua River. The territorial legislature created an Umpqua County January 24, 1851. It ceased to exist October 16, 1862, its area having been added to other counties. The Hudson's Bay Company had an establishment in the Umpqua Valley as early as 1832, probably on Calapooya Creek. It was generally called Old Fort Umpqua. The company later had another Fort Umpqua near the present site of Elkton. During the Indian wars there was a federal establishment called Fort Umpqua just north of the mouth of Umpqua River. For many references to Umpqua River and to Umpqua Valley, see OHQ, volume XLIV, page 357.
UNION, Union County. Dunham Wright, aged 84 in 1926, of Medical Springs, informed the compiler that the town of Union was founded in 1862 by E. H. Lewis, Fred Nodine and Samuel Hannah, and was named for patriotic reasons during the Civil War. The town was named before the county was formed. Homemade flags from dresses and sheets were in the celebration on July 4, 1863. Union post office was established on May 8, 1863, with John A. J. Chapman first postmaster.
UNION COUNTY. Union County was created October 14, 1864, and was taken from the north part of Baker County as that county then existed. Its name was taken from the town of Union, which had been established about two years. Union County has a land area of 2032 square miles.
UNION CREEK, Jackson County. The locality known as Union Creek is on the upper reaches of Rogue River, about twelve miles north of Prospect and about ten miles west of the entrance to Crater Lake National Park. It took its name from the stream, which was in turn named for Union Peak in the park. Union Creek post office was established April 22, 1924, with Mrs. Helen C. Herriott first postmaster.
UNION MILLS, Clackamas County. Union Mills is a well-known locality about three miles southeast by road from Mulino. It is adjacent to Milk Creek. The name of the place has had an interesting history. The Cutting family operated a post office in this vicinity as early as September, 1867. Charles Cutting, Sr., was the first postmaster and the office was named in his honor. It was called Cuttingsville. The office did not operate continuously. On December 28, 1875, the name Cuttingsville was changed to Union Mills and Gabriel J. Trullinger became postmaster.
