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<body class='hmmessage'>Coincidentally I read a passage in HH Bancroft Oregon V2 today about the state leislature having the authority to change a river's name. Apparently they officially changed the name of the Rogue River, but people ignored them and by 1888 the official name was once again Rogue River...<BR>
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As a footnote, my grat grandmother named a stream near Silk Creek (Lane Co.) "Calico Creek" and after it was surveyed the name took on official status. My best suggestion is talk to the Jackson Co. Recorder - this is the info on their website: <FONT size=1 face="">10 S Oakdale Rm 216<BR>Medford, Oregon 97501<BR><B>Phone:</B> (541) 774-6152<BR><B>Contact:</B> Cheryl Avgeris<BR><B>Email:</B>
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<U><FONT color=#0066cc size=1></FONT></U><BR>Roy N. Blaine<BR><BR><BR><BR>
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From: nancydean@columbia-center.org<BR>To: or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us<BR>Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:03:02 -0700<BR>Subject: [or-roots] changing name - Creek<BR><BR>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Does anyone know how to go about changing the name of a creek in Jackson Co., Oregon? When I was on vacation in Rogue River, OR. we went to the water master, surveyor and county clerk & none of them knew where to go to change the name of a creek. daaaaa how dum can they be. The creek is on family property & been in our family for over 100 years. We have grandfather water rights filed 1901 & updated 1909 with the document that reads we do. The creek was named after the stepfather & not the real father who got the land 1st in 1898. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>The water master said no one has water rights in Jackson Co., OR. He is so wrong!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>Thanks, Nancy</FONT> </FONT></DIV></body>
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