City of John Day Grant County, Oregon
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General information on City of John Day
- Feature Type: Incorporated
Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for City of John Day
A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| City of John Day | Official |
| John Day | Official |
Origin Notes and History of City of John Day
References to City of John Day that document the origin of its place name
JOHN DAY'S DEFILE, Lemhi County.—Donald Mackenzie, in the fall of 1819, led the Snake country expedition (q.v.) into Lemhi County where they trapped during the winter and where in February, 1820, one of the party, John Day, after whom John Day River in Oregon had been named, died and his bones lie buried somewhere in what is now Birch Creek Valley. Before passing away he had written and witnessed, in camp on this mountain stream, his last will, in which among other things he bequeathed some money, in the hands of his former master, John Jacob Astor, for whom he had worked in the establishment of Fort Astoria, Oregon. This will was probated in New York in 1830, proving to be the first will executed, not only in Lemhi, but on Idaho soil, and perhaps on the Northwest Coast, and the fur trappers named the creek John Day's Defile, which is now called Birch Creek, from the amount of birch timber growing thereon. In 1855 the Mormons called it Clear Creek. Mr. Irving was mistaken when he stated in "Astoria" that John Day died about the year 1813. —Oregon Historical Quarterly.
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A Bibliography for City of John Day, Grant County, Oregon
China doctor of John Day by Jeffrey G. Barlow, Christine Richardson
The remarkable story of Ing Hay, the "China Doctor" who became the most famous and capable frontier physician in the John Day country of Eastern Oregon. Serving patients from the late 19th century to 1948, he was a traditional Chinese physician who, with his herbal medicines, worked more cures than the laboratory-oriented doctors of the area. Illustrated. 160 pages.
ix, 118 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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