residents voted for a variety of location in the Goose Lake Valley. The final vote was 120 votes for Bullard Creek, 88 votes for Linkville. However, a large number of voters wrote-in other names like Bullard’s Creek, Bullard Ranch, Goose Lake, and Goose Lake Valley. As a result, no site got a majority of the votes. In a community meeting on 10 August, residents of the Goose Lake Valley agreed that all the Bullard/Goose Lake related names should be counted as Bullard Creek votes. However, the county clerk in Linkville disagreed and ordered a new election. The second election was held on 7 November 1876. By then, residents of the Goose Lake Valley had decided to build the town of Lakeview at the Bullard Creek site and a rural post office had been established at the Bullard Ranch. In the November election, Lake County voters selected Lakeview over Linkville to be the county seat by a vote of 242 to 181. On 7 December 1876, Bullard transferred the parcel to Lake County and a two-story courthouse was built on the site. A short time later, Bullard sold his remaining to John A. Moon, one of his neighbors. After Moon purchased Bullard’s property, he paid Frank Cheesman to survey the town site, and then filed an official plat for the town of Lakeview on 25 May 1877. The town of Lakeview developed around the property Bullard donated for the Lake County courthouse. Later life and legacy Shortly after selling his Lake County property, Bullard returned to his farm in Pacific County, Washington. He resided on his own farm for a while and then lived with his brothers, Job and John, during his latter years. Bullard never married. He died on July 18, 1902 in Menlo, Washington. Today, Bullard is considered the founder of Lakeview, Oregon since the town was originally built on and around the property he donated for the county courthouse. There is also a street in Lakeview named in his honor. For many years, there was also a grade school in Lakeview named after Bullard. Bullard Creek and Bullard Canyon are geographic features at the north end of the Goose Lake Valley that still bear his name. References External links Oregon Blue Book history of Lake County History Mark W. Bullard diary, 1862–1863 1822 births 1902 deaths American city founders People from Lakeview, Oregon People from Pacific County, Washington