Description
In Umatilla National Forest, 13 mi. SW of Granite, 14 mi. NW of Bates; Sec 25, T9S, R34E & Sec 30, T9S, R34E, Willamette Meridian
History
Named for George W. Donaldson (1901-1992), a lifetime Grant County resident; an avid outdoorsman, he logged with horses and loaded logs on the narrow gauge railroad. During the Depression, he worked with the Civilian Conservation Corps crews. He later he worked for the U.S. Forest Service with mining and surveying crews. George Donaldson and his brother established the Donaldson Mine and later built a cabin on the mining claim. The variant name Ha'áyatom Píswe Rock, from the language of the Umatilla Tribes, reportedly means "woman's rock".