Oregon’s obscure ‘Swastika Mountain’ renamed for American Indian -
While the old name has obvious connotations, it in fact stemmed from a early 20th-century farm and town in the area called Swastika that predated the rise of Nazi Germany. The farm’s owner, Clayton Burton, branded his cattle with a swastika.
Perturbed by the existing name she saw in news reports, the octogenarian Ms. McClain petitioned authorities to rename the 4,200-foot mountain. However, when the suggestion was made to name it Mount Halo after historical Yoncalla Kalapuya leader Halito, she withdrew her name, agreeing that the indigenous reference was better.
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