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*'''Aldrich Mountain''', {{coord|44.3773690|-119.4510821|name=Aldrich Mountain}}, Named for Ellery Wood Aldrich, an early rancher. Aldrich, along with his son Elmer Oliver Aldrich, was one of a party of ranchers who encountered a band of marauding Paiute Indians in 1878. Young Aldrich was killed and his mutilated body was later found in Aldrich Gulch, {{coord|44.3340338|-119.5652517|name=Aldrich Gulch}}, was then named for him. The family name later transferred to Aldrich Mountain and the Aldrich Mountains to the east. Aldrich Creek, {{coord|44.4590356|-119.4505289|name=Aldrich Creek}}, does not flow in the gulch but runs north to John Day River. | *'''Aldrich Mountain''', {{coord|44.3773690|-119.4510821|name=Aldrich Mountain}}, Named for Ellery Wood Aldrich, an early rancher. Aldrich, along with his son Elmer Oliver Aldrich, was one of a party of ranchers who encountered a band of marauding Paiute Indians in 1878. Young Aldrich was killed and his mutilated body was later found in Aldrich Gulch, {{coord|44.3340338|-119.5652517|name=Aldrich Gulch}}, was then named for him. The family name later transferred to Aldrich Mountain and the Aldrich Mountains to the east. Aldrich Creek, {{coord|44.4590356|-119.4505289|name=Aldrich Creek}}, does not flow in the gulch but runs north to John Day River. | ||