Howard Maupin

Howard Maupin (c. 1815–1887) was an American settler who established a farm and ferry in Oregon at the present-day location of Maupin. He became famous for shooting the Paiute war leader Chief Paulina on April 25, 1867, near the modern town of Madras.{{Cite web|url=http://www.genealogy4all.org/MaupinBio.html|title=genealogy4all.org|website=www.genealogy4all.org}}

Maupin was born in Clay County, Kentucky, and moved to Missouri as a teenager. In 1863, he traveled to Oregon, settling first in the Willamette Valley.{{cite web|url=http://www.cityofmaupin.com/|title=City of Maupin, Oregon|publisher=Maupin, Oregon|accessdate=May 5, 2010}} He then moved to Antelope, in central Oregon, where he became the town's first postmaster in 1871.{{cite book

| last = McArthur

| first = Lewis A.

| author-link = Lewis A. McArthur

|author2=Lewis L. McArthur

|author2-link=Lewis L. McArthur

| title = Oregon Geographic Names

| origyear = 1928

| edition = 7th

| year = 2003

| publisher = Oregon Historical Society Press

| location = Portland, Oregon

| isbn = 0-87595-277-1

| pages = 27}} Maupin then moved slightly west, establishing a farm and operating a ferry across the Deschutes River. The city of Maupin was named in his honor by the city's founder, William H. Staats, early in the 20th century; the original name Maupin's Ferry was shortened by postal authorities.{{cite news

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|work=Bend Bulletin

|date=March 1, 2009

}} He died in 1887.{{cite news

|title=100 years ago

|work=The Bend Bulletin

|date=November 22, 2009

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