Place:Lookingglass, Douglas, Oregon, United States

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NameLookingglass
TypeInhabited place
Coordinates43.167°N 123.483°W
Located inDouglas, Oregon, United States
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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 ]]