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<DIV>Also listed in "The Illustrated History of Lane County Oregon, published by
A. G. Walling in 1884" page 458, </DIV>
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<DIV> "The first building and business place in Junction
City was a warehouse conducted by W. LH. Hoffman and erected in 1871, but in the
same year the mercantile establishments of L. Salomon and Sternberg &
Sanders was also opened. That same year I. Newcomb started his blacksmith
shop and the "Last Chance" saloon sprang into existence under the
management of Eli and Elias Keeney. Soon afterward five or six buildings
were brought up bodily from the defunct town of Lancaster and planted in
Junction City."</DIV>
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<DIV>Lancaster was located just across the Willamette River Bridge on Highway 99
at Harrisburg. A ferry operated here before the construction of the
present bridge. </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>From:</B> <A title=billeter@entwood.com
href="mailto:billeter@entwood.com">Anne Billeter</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us
href="mailto:or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us">or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, May 10, 2003 8:55
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [or-roots] Re: Lancaster- near
Junction City, OR</DIV>
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<DIV>Actually, the Lancaster in Lane County IS in "Oregon Geographic Names,"
but you have to look in the index to find the reference. The index sends you
to the entry about Freedom, Lane County. "Post office recorsds show that
Freedom post office was established Feb. 17, 1858, with Thomas M. Awbrey first
postmaster. The name of the office was changed to Lancaster on May 7, 1866,
when Joseph S. Lyman was postmaster. It seems probable that this office was at
or near the place called Lancaster, which is just southwest of Harrisburg.
Walling in his "Illustrated History of Lane County," p. 458, says that in the
early 1850s a man named Woody started a house of entertainment in this
locality and called it Woodyville. The term house of entertainment seems to
have been a fancy name for a roadhouse. Walling also says that Johnson Mulkey
bought the property, changed the name to Lancaster and built a sawmill. The
writer has no information about the origins of the names Freedom or Lancaster.
It is interesting to note that Lancaster, a city in Pennsylvania, is not far
east of Harrisburg. The associations of names in Pennsylvania may have had
something to do with naming a place Lancaster in Oregon because it was close
to a town called Harrisburg. The author has no evidence to support this
theory, but it is appealing. On Jan. 23, 1872, the name of Lancaster post
office was changed to Junction City. It is probable that at that time the
office was moved south so as to be on the recently constructed railroad. The
first postmaster of the Junction City office was David McAlpine."<BR><BR>Anne
Billeter<BR><A
href="mailto:billeter@entwood.com">billeter@entwood.com</A><BR><BR>At 03:30 PM
5/10/03 -0700, Lee Gentemann wrote: <BR>>>>><BR><BR> Oregon
Geographic Names doesn't list Lancaster but it is mentioned at: <BR>
<<A
href="http://www.placesnamed.com/l/a/lancaster.asp>http://www.placesnamed.com/l/a/lancaster.asp">http://www.placesnamed.com/l/a/lancaster.asp>http://www.placesnamed.com/l/a/lancaster.asp</A>
<BR> There isn't any history of the place - just map coordinates.
<BR> Lancaster, Oregon, United States [Place] is in Lane County;
location is 4415'11"N <BR> 12311'40"W; elevation is 313 feet [SourceGSP]
<BR><BR> There is another Lancaster in Malheur county, that is listed in
Oregon Geographic Names: <BR><BR> Lancaster, Oregon, United States
[Place] is in Malheur County; location is 446'53"N <BR> 11721'48"W
[SourceGSP] <BR><BR> I don't have any further info on this.
<BR><BR> Lee Gentemann <BR><BR> LMA Project_Managers wrote:
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anybody fill me in on the origins of the old town named "Lancaster" just North
of Junction City? I have some relatives who are listed as having been born
there from 1860 to 1880. Who/what is the town named after? Any other
historical information. (I already checked with the Oregon Blue Book. Nada)
Thanks in advance. Laura C.Olympia, WA
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