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LEWIS A. MCARTHUR its is occupied by the tracks of the Southern Pacific Com- pany, with the Pacific Highway just above. It was named for Stephen Coryell, a pioneer of 1847, who resided nearby, and the pioneer routes of travel led through this point. A memorial tablet stands just east of the high- way at this point bearing the following inscription: "Coryell Pass. Oregon Trail 1846. Erected by Oregon Lewis and Clark Chapter, D. A. R . 1917." COTTAGE GROVE, Lane County. Cottage Grove is an important community in the southern part of Lane County, on the main line of the Southern Pacific Company and on the Pacific Highway. Its elevation is 640 feet and the Coast Fork Willamette River flows through it. The post office was first established east of the present site of Creswell, March 3, 1855, with G. C . Pearce as postmaster. Pearce had his home in an oak grove, and named the post office Cottage Grove. Later a man named Hamilton was made postmaster, and he moved the office to the present site of Saginaw. Still later, a new post- master named Martin moved the office to the present site of Cottage Grove, and in each case the name moved with the office. See Scott's History of the Oregon Country, volume II, page 207. COTTON, Multnomah County. Cotton is a station on the line of the Portland Electric Power Company about a mile west of Gresham. It was named for William Wick Cotton (1859-1918), a well-known attorney of Portland, who owned a large farm near the station. Mr. Cotton was a native of Iowa, and studied law at Columbia Uni^ versity, New York City. He came to Portland in October, 1889, and practiced law continuously until his death, at which time he was counsel of the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company and other important corporations. COUNCH, CREST, Multnomah County. This is the highest point on a range of hills south of Portland. Its