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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]
Portland, Oregon, bears the nickname Stumptown, as well as several other nicknames. In the mid-19th century, the city's growth led residents to clear a lot of land quickly, but the tree stumps were not immediately removed; in some areas, there were so many that people used to jump from stump to stump to avoid the muddy, unpaved roads. [ 1 ]
Portland: Umpqua State Scenic Corridor: Scenic corridor: Central Coast: Yes-Reedsport: Clay Myers State Natural Area at Whalen Island: Natural area: North Coast--Pacific City: Fort Rock Cave (near Fort Rock State Natural Area) National Historic Landmark: Central Oregon--Fort Rock: Government Island State Recreation Area: Recreation area ...
Portland (/ ˈ p ɔːr t l ə n d / PORT-lənd) is the most populous city in the U.S. state called Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region. Situated close to northwest Oregon at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, it is the county seat of Multnomah County, Oregon's most populous county.
Wild in the City: A Guide to Portland's Natural Areas. Portland: Oregon Historical Society Press. ISBN 0-87595-273-9. Houle, Marcy Cottrell (1996). One City's Wilderness: Portland's Forest Park (2nd ed.). Portland: Oregon Historical Society Press. ISBN 0-87595-284-4. Thayer, James D. (2008). Portland Forest Hikes: Twenty Close-In Wilderness ...
The campground would have 13 cabins and 30 RV lots. Patterson said the RV lots would each be about 4,000 square feet, larger than the 1,000 square feet the state requires as a minimum.
Map of Government Island. Government Island is a 1,760-acre (710 ha) island in the Columbia River north of Portland, in Multnomah County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. Though Interstate 205 passes over it on the Glenn L. Jackson Memorial Bridge, access to the island is only by boat. There is a city controlled locked gate in the fence surrounding ...
Dumont said the association is mainly opposing Patterson’s plan for a campground because of the concerns it raises regarding potential noise, pollution, overcrowding, and overall impact on the ...