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<DIV>In a message dated 7/16/05 7:52:02 PM Pacific Daylight Time, barbhg1221@comcast.net writes:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I think that Lake Oswego is fairly recent. Before I believe that it was just Oswego, but I don't know how long Oswego has been around.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
<DIV>According to "Oregon Geographic Names", 7th edition by Lewis A. McArthur and Lewis L. McArthur, the original community of Oswego was named for Oswego, N.Y. by A.A. Durham, a pioneer of Oregon of 1847. The post office was established on Dec. 31, 1853.</DIV>
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<DIV>On May 1, 1959, the residents of Oswego and those of Lake Grove voted to merge into a single city that was called Lake Oswego. The post office was renamed on June 1, 1961.</DIV>
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<DIV>Linda VanOrden</DIV></BODY></HTML>