on the south side of the river, and eventually both were absorbed by the Oregon Steam Navigation Company.
Breitenbush River, Marion County. Breitenbush River was named for John Breitenbush, a pioneer hunter of the North Santiam River region. The name was applied in the fall of 1873 by John Minto's official exploring party. See Oregon Historical Society Quarterly, volume IV, page 248.
Bridge, Coos County. Bridge is a post office on Middle Fork Coquille River. Many years ago there was a post office in the vicinity by the name of Angora. The Post Office Department declined to reestablish the old name and as a result the post office was named because of a nearby bridge across the stream. The present office was established July 6, 1894, and Thomas E. Manly was first postmaster.
Bridge Creek, Wheeler County. This stream heads in the mountains in the southern part of the county, and flows into John Day River. One branch flows through Mitchell. H. H. Bancroft in his History of Oregon, volume 1, page 787, states that it was named because Shoeman and Wadley, California prospectors, built a small bridge over it of juniper logs, while en route to the John Day mines. This was about 1862.
Brighton, Tillamook County. This post office and railroad station are adjacent to the entrance of Nehalem Bay, in the northwest part of the county. The town was platted about 1910 under the name of Brighton Beach although it is not directly on the ocean. This place, together with many others in the United States, was named for Brighton, the fashionable seashore resort on the south coast of England.
Brogan, Malheur County. This town was started by D. M. Brogan and was given his name in 1910. It is in the northern part of the county at the north end of the Oregon Short Line Railroad Company's branch from Vale.
