Talk:Bull Run River (Oregon)

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Source for expansion

I wonder if any of the authors of this article encountered this -- seems worth seeking out:

Harmon, Rick (Summer and Fall 1995). "The Bull Run Watershed: Portland's Enduring Jewel". Oregon Historical Quarterly. 96 (2/3). {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

-Pete (talk) 23:19, 7 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Pete. I plan to take a look at this when things settle down. Finetooth (talk) 21:16, 13 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It's a good article. I got at it through JSTOR using the Multnomah County Library subscription. A citation to Harmon's article now appears in Note 2, about the Ben Morrow Dam. The guy who designed the dam, a Portlander, later designed Hoover Dam on the Colorado River. Finetooth (talk) 03:48, 14 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Origin of name?

Was it anything to do with cattle, or was it just named after someone called Bull, like the more-famous Bull Run in Virginia? Either way, there should be some disambiguation. Valetude (talk) 07:21, 13 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Good point. I'll go spruce up Bull Run, Oregon, the name origin will be there and then it can be added selectively to this article. Valfontis (talk) 18:09, 13 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The answer, slightly vague, is in the infobox. Citing Oregon Geographic Names, page 123, it says, "Possibly after cattle that escaped and ran wild along the river between 1849 and 1855". A more complicated answer appears possible, but I remember thinking at the time that there was probably not enough for a separate "Name" section. Finetooth (talk) 19:52, 13 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yep. I've expanded the article on community. I'll see if I can dig anything else up. But mostly it appears to have been named after cows and possibly after the battle. Like much early Oregon place-name history, I'd bet that the stories are half truth and half B.S. Valfontis (talk) 20:04, 13 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

According to Portland businessman/booster/philanthropist Francis I. McKenna, there's no historical significance to the name "Bull Run." He argued in a April 26, 1908 letter to the Oregonian that the name was either self-contradictory or repulsive when considered as a water source. He proposed that "Bull River" would be less objectionable, but was more enthusiastic about the name "Snow Line River." -Pete Forsyth (talk) 22:40, 11 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunate phrase in the lead

More recently they created trails over the Cascade Range and around Mount Hood

This could mean "within the last few days" or "within the last few thousand years". I know from reading the article that it means the latter, but it needs to be stated clearly in the lead. Perhaps "A few thousand years later they created..."? 86.44.203.66 (talk) 17:38, 13 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I adjusted the sentence to be more specific, eliminating the post-19th century possibility. Finetooth (talk) 19:40, 13 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Old photo to (?) include

-Pete Forsyth (talk) 18:41, 10 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]