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Hace 2 días · History. Portland, Oregon, 1852. Front Street, Portland, Oregon, 1852. The Lewis and Clark Expedition passed near the site on the Columbia River in 1805–06. The city was laid out in 1845 and, after two of its early citizens flipped a penny, was named for Portland, Maine, rather than Boston, Massachusetts.
17 de abr. de 2024 · To understand the history of Portland, Oregon, it is critical to look back to the original inhabitants. Explore Portland’s Native history, and learn about the transformation of the region into what we see today.
Hace 3 días · Named after Portland, Maine, which is itself named after the English Isle of Portland, the Oregon settlement began to be populated in the 1840s, near the end of the Oregon Trail. Its water access provided convenient transportation of goods, and the timber industry was a major force in the city's early economy.
17 de abr. de 2024 · By Rachel Saslow. April 17, 2024 at 12:00 am PDT. In 2003, Chuck Palahniuk wrote a memoir-slash-travel guide to Portland called Fugitives and Refugees. It begins in Geek Love author Katherine...
Hace 5 días · The Legend of the Shanghai Tunnels. Beneath Old Town Chinatown (Portland’s original downtown) in the so-called Shanghai Tunnels, the truth mingles with myth.
2 de may. de 2024 · History. What’s in a name? The histories of Southwest Portland’s neighborhoods are hinted at by what we call them today: Locals used to let their geese roam in the lowlands around Tanner Creek, sometimes resulting in heated fights over whose geese were whose — today, this area is known as Goose Hollow.
1 de may. de 2024 · History Predecessors. In the early 20th century, privately funded interurbans and streetcars gave Portland one of the largest urban rail systems in the American West, with lines that once extended as far as Vancouver, Washington to the north, Eugene to the south, Troutdale to the east, and Forest Grove to the west.
