Editing Granite, Oregon (section)

==History==
First established by miners after the discovery of gold along Granite Creek on July 4, 1862, the area was originally called Granite Creek Falls. During the following year, a settlement called Granite City was established about {{convert|1.5|mi|km}} downstream of where Granite City is now. It was moved to its current location in 1867 and renamed ''Independence'' after the date&mdash;July 4, or [[Independence Day (United States)|Independence Day]]&mdash;of the earlier gold discovery. However, when the community's post office was established in 1878, it could not use the name ''Independence'' because that name was already used by another Oregon city. Instead, the name ''Granite'' was chosen. The post office closed in 1957, but the city retained the name. The creek takes its name from the [[granite]] rocks that are common to the area.<ref name=OGN>{{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 |orig-year= 1928 |edition= 7th |year= 2003 |publisher= Oregon Historical Society Press |location= Portland, Oregon |isbn= 0-87595-277-1|page= 421}}</ref>

The [[Ah Hee Diggings]] are located about one-mile north of the town.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/ah_hee_diggings_chinese_walls_/ | title=Ah Hee Diggings (Chinese Walls) }}</ref>

In 1878, miner and business owner A. G. Tabor became the first postmaster.<ref name="Chamber of Commerce">{{cite web|title=About Granite|url=http://www.gcoregonlive.com/bus_display.php/522|publisher=Grant County Chamber of Commerce|year=2013|access-date=July 27, 2013|archive-date=July 31, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731072850/http://www.gcoregonlive.com/bus_display.php/522|url-status=dead}}</ref> Grant Thornburg became the first mayor after the city [[incorporation (municipal government)|incorporated]] in 1900.<ref name="Chamber of Commerce"/>

A 1939 interview "Occupational and Social Life of Granite" recorded by William "Bill" Haight as part of the [[Federal Writers' Project]], described the town and surroundings of Granite.<ref>[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/wpa:@field(DOCID+@lit(wpa229060132)) Occupational and Social Life of Granite, Oregon], a March 24, 1939, interview from the [[Library of Congress]]</ref>