Editing Oregon Geographic Names (section)

==Content==
In its introduction, it identifies six periods in the [[History of Oregon|history of the state]] which have contributed to the establishment of local names:
* The thousands of years of [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] life;
* The period of [[Spanish colonization of the Americas|Spanish]], [[British colonization of the Americas|British]], [[French colonization of the Americas|French]] and [[History of the United States|early American]] exploration, with arrivals by sea and overland, exemplified by the activities of the [[Hudson's Bay Company]] and the [[Lewis and Clark Expedition]];
* The [[Oregon pioneer history|pioneer period]], up to and particularly including the days of the [[Oregon Trail]];
* The period of [[American Indian Wars#Pacific Northwest|Indian Wars]] and mining claims inspired by the [[California Gold Rush]] and later facilitated by the [[Mining Act of 1872]];
* The period of [[Homestead principle|homesteading]] between 1875 and 1925, which affected nine million acres (36,000 km²); and
* The modern period of [[neologism]]s

The seventh edition contains 6,252 entries, with references to another 2,679 names scattered throughout the text.{{sfn|McArthur|McArthur|2003|loc=Introduction p. ''xi''}} Entries are listed in alphabetical order, beginning with ''A B Crossing'', a railroad station in [[Coos County, Oregon|Coos County]],{{sfn|McArthur|McArthur|2003|loc=A B Crossing p. 1}} and ending with ''[[Zwagg Island]]'', an island near [[Brookings, Oregon]].{{sfn|McArthur|McArthur|2003|loc=Zwagg Island p. 1070}}