# Bull Run, Oregon

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**Bull Run** is an [unincorporated community](/source/Unincorporated_area) in [Clackamas County](/source/Clackamas_County,_Oregon), [Oregon](/source/Oregon), United States.[1] It is located about 5 miles (8.0 km) northeast of [Sandy](/source/Sandy,_Oregon), near the [Bull Run River](/source/Bull_Run_River_(Oregon)) and the powerhouse of the defunct [Mount Hood Railway and Power Company](/source/Mount_Hood_Railway_and_Power_Company) (later the [Bull Run Hydroelectric Project](/source/Bull_Run_Hydroelectric_Project)).[2]

[George H. Himes](/source/George_H._Himes) believed the name "Bull Run" may have been because of the presence of wild cattle along the river in the pioneer era of 1849–55.[3] This story is corroborated by settler [Charles B. Talbot](/source/Charles_B._Talbot), who said that cattle would escape from the early immigrants to the area and ran wild for several years, and so they named the area Bull Run.[3] A 1920s story in the *[Gresham Outlook](/source/Gresham_Outlook)* states that in the 1860s, a man named Frank Mognet was living in the Cedar Creek area near Sandy. He was attempting to catch a bull that had gone wild when it ran into the then-unnamed stream. Because this was just after the [Battle of Bull Run](/source/Second_Battle_of_Bull_Run), and the bull had given him a "strong run", he immediately named the stream Bull Run.[3]

The first post office in the area, established in 1893, was named **Unavilla**.[3] It is unknown why that name was chosen.[3] The name of the post office was changed **Bullrun** in 1895, and to [Camp Namanu](/source/Camp_Namanu) in 1939.[3] The summer-only Camp Namanu post office closed in 1953.[3]

In 1915, Bull Run had a population of 100, a public school and a large [gladiolus](/source/Gladiolus) farm.[4] The community was the eastern terminus of the [Mt. Hood](/source/Mount_Hood) division of the [Portland Railway, Light and Power Company](/source/Portland_Railway,_Light_and_Power_Company) interurban railroad.[4] In 1940, Bull Run had a population of 35.[5]

## References

1. *Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer*. 7th ed. [Yarmouth, Maine](/source/Yarmouth,_Maine): [DeLorme](/source/DeLorme). 2008. p. 29. ISBN 0-89933-347-8.

1. pp. 123, 150.

1. Friedman, Ralph (1990). [*In Search of Western Oregon*](https://books.google.com/books?id=4i1grNoMcWgC). Caldwell, Idaho: [The Caxton Printers, Ltd](/source/Caxton_Press_(United_States)). p. 271. ISBN 0-87004-332-3.

1. [Writers' Program](/source/Federal_Writers'_Project) of the [Work Projects Administration](/source/Work_Projects_Administration) in the [State of Oregon](/source/Government_of_Oregon) (1940). [*Oregon: End of the Trail*](https://archive.org/details/oregonendoftrail00writrich). [American Guide Series](/source/American_Guide_Series). [Portland, Oregon](/source/Portland,_Oregon): [Binfords & Mort](/source/Binfords_%26_Mort). p. [406](https://archive.org/details/oregonendoftrail00writrich/page/406). [OCLC 4874569](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4874569)

## External links

- [History of Portland interurbans](http://www.pdxhistory.com/html/interurbans.html) from pdxhistory.com, with map of route showing Bull Run

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