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The first known reference to Portland as "The City of Roses" was made by visitors to an 1888 Episcopal Church convention. [citation needed] In 1889, the Portland Rose Society was founded, and promoted the planting of 20 miles (32 km) of Portland's streets with roses in advance of the 1905 Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition. [5]
Whitefish, Montana, was called Stumptown as the area was cleared for the train station. Matthews, North Carolina, was originally named Stumptown in the early 19th century after cotton farmers cleared the land, leaving tree stumps everywhere. Portland, Oregon, bears the nickname Stumptown, as well as several other nicknames.
The species is believed to only exist within the boundaries of the Portland metropolitan area. [1] It lives in small freshwater creeks and tributaries. [1] "Stumptown" is a nickname applied to Portland and several other locations in the United States. [3] [4] [5]
Portland (/ ˈ p ɔːr t l ə n d / PORT-lənd) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region. Situated in the northwestern area of the state at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, it is the county seat of Multnomah County, Oregon's most populous county.
Stumptown is an American crime drama television series that premiered on ABC on September 25, 2019. The series is based on the comic book series of the same name , created by Greg Rucka , Matthew Southworth and Justin Greenwood and adapted for television by writer-producer Jason Richman.
In 1889, The Oregonian called Portland "the most filthy city in the Northern States", due to the unsanitary sewers and gutters. [14] The West Shore reported "The new sidewalks put down this year are a disgrace to a Russian village." [14] The first Morrison Street Bridge opened in 1887 and was the first bridge across the Willamette River in ...
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