Brockway,_Oregon

Brockway, Oregon

Brockway, Oregon

Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States

Brockway is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Oregon, United States,[1] on Oregon Route 42, about nine miles southwest of Roseburg.

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Originally known as Civil Bend, referring to the "...boisterous activity of visitors to the horseraces," the name was changed in 1889 when postal authorities objected to a name with two words. "Brockway" was chosen in honor of local farmer and pioneer B. B. Brockway.[2]

Benjamin Brockway

Benjamin Benson Brockway (1829 - 1915) was an Oregon Trail pioneer of 1852 from New York.[3] He began farming in the Lookingglass Valley.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "Brockway". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. November 28, 1980. Retrieved October 5, 2011.
  2. [2]
    McArthur, Lewis A.; Lewis L. McArthur (1982) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (Fifth ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 84. ISBN 0-87595-114-7.
  3. [3]
    Flora, Stephanie, "Emigrants to Oregon in 1852". Archived from the original on April 25, 2012. Retrieved February 27, 2015.


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