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Kinzua (Wheeler County) lumber town and post office was established in
1928. The place was named by the Kinzua Pine Mills Company in Kinzua, Warren
County, Pennsylvania, a community on the Allegheny River. At the time,
it was said that Kinzua meant a place of many fishes. On Oct. 16, 1930,
the postmaster at Kinzua, Pennsylvania, told the compiler that highway
signs in that community said Kinzua was an Indian name meaning waters of
many and big fish. However, an inquiry to an old Indian in the vicinity
brought the information that he believed that the word actually meant that
there were always fish for the spear rather than for other methods of catching.
--Oregon Geographic Names, 6th Ed.
<p>LinLouVan@aol.com wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE> <font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>I
just happened to find recently the March, 1967 issue of "Northwest Ruralite"
and the front page article is "A visit to Kinzua, Oregon". Anyone who has
reason to have a copy of this should contact me directly. (I cannot mail
these out enmass.)</font></font></font> <font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Linda
VanOrden</font></font></font><font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Junction
City, OR</font></font></font><font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1><a href="mailto:LinLouVan@aol.com">LinLouVan@aol.com</a></font></font></font></blockquote>
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