[or-roots] More on Geographic names/Melvin Butte

[Barbara Wulf]

I had never heard the story, but will ask hubby.  He was raised in this area
and knows EVERYTHING.

He had never heard of Melvin Butte, let alone the story.

Someone at the Deschutes County Historical Society might know something.
McArthur usually credited his source if it was not general knowledge but
nothing noted here.

Good Luck.

Barb
wulf at bendbroadband.com
http://home.bendcable.com/wulf/Project/siteMapNoImage.htm

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leslie Chapman" <reedsportchapmans at verizon.net>
To: "Oregon List" <or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us>
Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 8:57 PM
Subject: [or-roots] More on Geographic names


> This is Attention Barbara Wulf;
>
> Barbara;
>
> I am curios if you have ever run across this story;
>
> Melvin Butte;
>
> Deschutes county. This butte is in the foothills of the Cascade range
about
> ten miles southeast of Sisters. It was named for J.L. Melvin who took up a
> timber claim nearby about 1902. Melvin got into a controversey with S. H.
> Dorrance, which is said to have started because Dorrance put sawdust in
> Melvin's irrigation ditch. As a result of this altercation Melvin killed
> Dorrance on the side of the butte now known as Melvin Butte. Melvin was
> cleared by a jury which considered that he was not to blame for the
> difficulty.
>
>
> Now that seems like an extreem reaction to m, which begs the question,
"what
> kind of jerk was Dorrance that a jury let Melvin go free for ridding the
> community of him?" What I am really curious about though is whether he is
> family to Eugene or I??
>
> Les C
>
>
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