Legacy and Honors
Kelley Point and Kelley Point Park, at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia Rivers in Portland, Oregon, are named for him.
During the early 1830s, Kelley led a campaign to rename the Cascade Range to the "Presidents Range", with each major peak to be named after a former President of the United States. Kelley intended Mount Hood to be named "Mount Adams" in honor of John Adams. A mapmaker mistakenly placed the Mount Adams name north of Mount Hood by about 40 miles (64 km), east of Mt. St. Helens. By coincidence, a mountain existed at that location with no official United States name. It became known as Mount Adams, despite the failure of Kelley's plan to rename the entire range.
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