Ya-po-ah means an isolated hill in the language of the Kalapuya. Eugene Skinner built his first cabin on its slope in 1846, on the Kalapuya’s advice to stay above the floods. The name survives in Ya-Po-Ah Terrace at the foot of the butte.
Ya-po-ah means an isolated hill in the language of the Kalapuya. Eugene Skinner built his first cabin on its slope in 1846, on the Kalapuya’s advice to stay above the floods. The name survives in Ya-Po-Ah Terrace at the foot of the butte.