Brownlee, Oregon
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Brownlee is an unincorporated community in Baker County, Oregon, United States.[1]
John Brownlee started a ferry service that crossed the Snake River between Idaho and Oregon that became known as Brownlee's Ferry. When a railroad was built on the Oregon side of the river, the station at the ferry crossing was named Brownlee.[2] Brownlee post office ran intermittently from 1910 to 1965.[2] The portion of the tracks that ran between Homestead and Robinette and passed through Brownlee were torn up by the railway's final owners Oregon Short Line in 1934.[3]
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- ^ "Brownlee". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. May 22, 1986. Retrieved March 4, 2012.
- ^ a b McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [First published 1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 117. ISBN 9780875952772. OCLC 53075956.
- ^ "Brownlee Reservoir Watershed Assessment and Restoration Plan". p. 70.
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Coordinates: 44°48′42″N 116°56′04″W / 44.811548°N 116.934333°W
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