On A Street East (U.S. 26) at Washington Street East (U.S. 26), on the left when traveling east on A Street East.
Eager to save time on the Oregon Trail, emigrants often attempted shortcuts. Between 1845 and 1854, three wagon trains left this campsite seeking a cutoff to the Willamette Valley.
The Meek Cutoff of 1845
Frontiersman Stephen . . . — — Map (db m107076) HM
Near NE 1st Street south of NW Harrison Boulevard.
The Van Buren Street Bridge is Oregon's only remaining example of a movable bridge built using the rare pin-connected truss technology. The use of pins, or bolts, connecting each truss point allowed the bridge to be easily assembled on site after . . . — — Map (db m117491) HM
Near Southwest Canyon Road at Vietnam Veterans of Oregon Memorial Pathway, on the right when traveling south.
On the Vietnamese New Year of 1968, North Vietnam attacked 100 towns and cities in South Vietnam and for a time occupied portions of the U.S.
Embassy. Though eventually repulsed, this show of North Vietnamese
force, together with more than . . . — — Map (db m309470) WM
Though its present setting suggests otherwise, this bridge was part of "Route 8," the first transcontinental highway in the United States and the primary east-west artery in Linn County. Prior to that designation, "Route 8" played an important . . . — — Map (db m67180) HM
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