<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span>From the book listed by Layne, 6th edition, page 438-9: "Indian Valley is the flatland along Grande Ronde River just north of the mouth of Indian Creek, now largely occupied by the City of Elgin....Prior to 1885 even the present community of Elgin was called Indian Valley. However, Indian Valley post office was about three miles up Indian Creek from its mouth near where the pioneer road from Summerville to Cricket Flat crossed the stream. .The post office operated until October 26, 1881." There is more history there--if you want it I'll scan and send it to you Dale. Linda Wiley<br></span></div><br><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida
Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Dale Harguess <daleharguess4@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> or-roots mail list <or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, September 4, 2014 2:17 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [or-roots] Oregon question<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv4061636471"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>I don't think they have a copy at my library but since I will be there on Saturday I will look for it. I have somehow lost my link to the Archives which I used to use all the time.</div><div>I recently did the Ancestry DNA test and a whole
lot of my cousins are resurfacing from years past. I am having a ball.</div>
<div>Thank you too.</div><div>Dale</div></div><div class="yiv4061636471gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv4061636471gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 1:24 PM, SAWYER Layne G <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:layne.g.sawyer@state.or.us" target="_blank" href="mailto:layne.g.sawyer@state.or.us">layne.g.sawyer@state.or.us</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none">
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<div class="yiv4061636471MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);">Dale,<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<div class="yiv4061636471MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);">Jan's suggestion is very good for locating the "site", but in case you have access to a library I would also recommend looking at the book
<u>Oregon Geographic Names</u> by Lewis McArthur. It provides a bit of history about the location and post offices, when they were established etc.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<div class="yiv4061636471MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);">OGN is a great resource if you have never used it before, it is published by the Oregon Historical Society and is in its 11th or 12th edition. I am unaware
of any other state that has such a wonderful reference for this kind of information.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<div class="yiv4061636471MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);">Regards,<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<div class="yiv4061636471MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);">Layne<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<div class="yiv4061636471MsoNormal"><b><span style="">From:</span></b><span style=""> or-roots [mailto:<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:or-roots-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank" href="mailto:or-roots-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">or-roots-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>]
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<div class="yiv4061636471MsoNormal">Does anyone know where Indian Valley, in Union County would be? I found some folks in the 1880 census and that is where they lived.<u></u><u></u></div>
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<div class="yiv4061636471MsoNormal">Thanks,<u></u><u></u></div>
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<div class="yiv4061636471MsoNormal">Dale<u></u><u></u></div>
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