This building has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior 1979 Multnomah County Library — — Map (db m309647) HM
Beginning here, the Willamette Meridian was established running north to Puget Sound and south to the California border, and the Base Line was established running east to the Idaho border and west to the Pacific Ocean.
From the surveyed lines, . . . — — Map (db m113946) HM
During the period of Oregon's Provisional Government ( 1841-1849), residents traveled by Indian trails, water courses, or on privative rough-hewn wagon roads etched by emigrant settlers. During the days to the Territorial Government (1849-1859), and . . . — — Map (db m114295) HM
Classic symbol of the Columbia River Gorge, Vista House beckons travelers to Crown Point to revel in an extravaganza of water, cliff, and sky. Samuel C. Lancaster, design engineer of the Historic Columbia River Highway, envisioned this outcropping . . . — — Map (db m86662) HM
This park and these plaques commemorate the role of The Oregonian in the history of Portland and the Pacific Northwest. The Date: December 4, 1850. Portland’s Population: 760. News of the year: The California Gold Rush was in full swing. The . . . — — Map (db m309756) HM
A former Iowa territorial legislator and native of Virginia, Chapman arrived in Portland in 1850 and became a partner in the townsite promotion company with Daniel Lownsdale and Stephen Coffin. An attorney with business interests, including shipping . . . — — Map (db m309317) HM
Demands for a good road paralleling the Columbia River began with emigration along the rugged Oregon Trail in 1843. But it took Samuel Hill and this view to help make the dream a reality.
Sam Hill, an eccentric and wealthy railroad . . . — — Map (db m114071) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
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