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Lookingglass is an inhabited place.
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From History Of Southern Oregon, Comprising Jackson, Josephine, Douglas, And
Coos Counties, Compiled From The Most Authentic Sources, published by A.G.
Walling, 1884.
Chapter L. Localities South And Southwest Of Roseburg
LOOKING-GLASS is the name of an important locality lying west and southwest of
Roseburg, and some ten miles distant. The name is applied to a creek, the valley
and the small post-office town. The Roseburg and Coos bay road passes through
the valley, and the village lies at the junction of that road with another which
runs down the valley.
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In 1847 a company of men was organized in Polk county, near the Luckiamute, to
explore Southern Oregon. Colonel Ford, H.B. Flournoy, ---- Thorp, and others
belonged to this band. Going as far south as Rogue river, they returned; and
traversing this valley they were imressed with its beauty,and Mr. Flournoy
remarked that it looked like a looking-glass, upon which it received its present
name.
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The first settler in Looking-glass valley was Daniel Huntley, who came in the
fall of 1851. During the previous year H.B. Flournoy had settled in the romantic
and lovely valley which bears his name, and these two were almost the only
residents of a considerable tract of country. The latter possessed the
distinction of being the first white settler west of the South Umpqua river.
See also [[http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Place:Fort_Flournoy%2C_Oregon
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