The community of Clarkes is alive and well. It is about three miles east of where we live. There is a grade school and grange and a Methodist church which has probably been there for quite a few years. And the Ringo name is quite familiar in this area. I have no idea about the name that you were looking for but there are quite a few oldtimers still left in the area that might know. A Vera Erickson has been writing a Clarkes column for the Molalla Pioneer for 30 years and she states that she has notebooks with every column that she has ever written for the paper. If you want to email me privately, I can give you her phone number. Verdena Veelle [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 2:42 PM Subject: Re: [GFO] Now I have one! Oregon Geographic Names by Lewis A. McArthur lists a "Clarke" Oregon, also called "Clarkes." Clarke - Clackamas County. Clarke is a crossroads community in the Highland district about fifteen miles southest of Oregon City. In pioneer days this was known as the Ringo Settlement.... Post office, called Clarkes, was established May 13, 1889, with (Irving L.)Clarke as first postmaster. The office was closed December 13, 1904. Hope this helps - as I always do, I highly recommend that anyone doing Oregon research have a copy of the great book, Oregon Geographic Names - any version! Mimi Stang ==== ORFORUM Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] that contains (in the body of the message) only the single word: unsubscribe ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237