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LEWIS A. MCARTHUR lumbia River Highway above were named for Senator Henry Winslow Corbett, one of Oregon's prominent pioneer citizens, for many years a resident of Portland. Mr. Corbett owned a farm near the post office. For a concise biography of Mr. Corbett, see Carey's History of Oregon, volume II, page 305. Scott's History of the Ore- gon Country has biographical information about Senator Corbett in volume I, pages 108 and 280, and Harvey W. Scott's tribute to him, volume V, page 183. CORNELIUS, Washington County. Cornelius was named for Colonel T. R. Cornelius, a pioneer of 1845. He was the son of Benjamin Cornelius, who with his family emigrated to Oregon during that year as a member of the Meek party. The family settled on the Tualatin Plains. Colonel Cornelius served in the Cayuse War of 1847-48, and the Yakima War of 1855-56. He served twenty years in the Oregon legislature, and in 1861 raised a regiment of volunteer cavalry. He was in the merchan- dising business and also for a time operated a sawmill. Colonel Cornelius was born in November, 1827, and died June 24, 1899. The town of Cornelius is between Hills- boro and Forest Grove and has an elevation of 175 feet according to the Oregon State Highway Department. CORNUCOPIA, Baker County. This derived from Latin words meaning "horn of plenty" and the name is fre- quently applied to mines and other enterprises where there are large hopes of success. In 1885 mines were discovered on the southern slopes of the Wallowa Moun- tains in Baker County, and among the prospectors were several who came from Cornucopia, Nevada, who sug- gested that name for the new camp. CORRAL CREEK, Clackamas County. Corral Creek drains the east slopes of Parrott Mountain and flows into the Willamette River one mile west of Wilsonville. There are many other Corral Creeks in Oregon, especially east of the Cascade Range. The word was originally Spanish •