Kelly Butte (Springfield, Oregon)

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Kelly Butte is a hill in west Springfield, Oregon, United States. [1]

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The butte was named for John Kelly, who came to the Oregon Country in 1843 as an employee of the Hudson's Bay Company. [2] A native of County Wexford, Ireland, he had previously lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. [2] From Oregon he returned to the United States, served in the Mexican–American War, and returned to Oregon in 1849 as a wagonmaster with the U.S. Mounted Rifles. [2] He worked as a stock trader between Oregon and California, and eventually took a Donation Land Claim near Roseburg, Oregon. [2] He came to Springfield in 1866, where he became a miller and lumber contractor until 1869. [2] [3] He returned to Roseburg, serving in the United States General Land Office for the next 8 years. [2] [3] He worked in Portland as a customs collector from 1876 to 1880, and for a time was a commissioner of the Northern Pacific Railway in Montana. [2] [3]

Kelly family

John Kelly was born in 1818. [3] He married Elizabeth Parker. [2] He was the father of George H. and John F. Kelly, co-owners of the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company. [3] [4]

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References

  1. "Kelly Butte". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. November 28, 1980. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 528. ISBN   978-0875952772.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Springfield Historic Context Statement" (PDF). City of Springfield. 1999. p. 103. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  4. Portrait and Biographical Record of the Willamette Valley, Oregon: Containing Original Sketches of Many Well Known Citizens of the Past and Present. Chapman Publishing Company. 1903. p.  1420.

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