==Cleanup== 
 Thanks to  this article was very interesting and well-written, and though some of the remaining language is unencyclopedic, I don't feel heartless enough to change it. 

 I believe the community was called "Gopher" and the area "Gopher Valley". I'm making "Gopher, Oregon" redirect here for now, as the article seems to be about the entire valley. If so, the article should be moved to "Gopher Valley (Oregon)" per naming conventions. I'll check Oregon Geographic Names when I get home. 

 The two articles I found should be able to back up much of what is in thereI didn't check. And now I must go back to work.