Kelly Butte is a hill in west Springfield, Oregon, United States.[1]
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 Butte". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. November 28, 1980. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 528. ISBN 978-0875952772.
- ^ a b c "Springfield Historic Context Statement" (PDF). City of Springfield. 1999. p. 103. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
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