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Entries Containing All of the Phrases «washington county» AND «oregon»

This list will also include matches for inflectional* forms of the words.
 
By Barry Swackhamer, September 24, 2017
The Willamette Stone Marker
RANKED BY RELEVANCE
1 ► Oregon, Multnomah County, Portland, Northwest Portland — The Willamette Stone —
Near Northwest Skyline Boulevard near NorthWest Royal Boulevard, on the left when traveling west.
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

2 ► Oregon, Clackamas County, Oregon City — Joseph L. Meek — Born 1810 - Died 1875 —
On McLoughlin Boulevard (Pacific Highway) (State Highway 99) at 6th Street on McLoughlin Boulevard (Pacific Highway).
Born in Washington Co. Va., Meek leaves home at age 18, arriving in St. Louis in the fall of 1828. Meek signs on as a trapper with the Rocky Mtn. Fur Co., remaining in the Rockies until 1839. 1839 - 1843: Meek travels to the Willamette Valley . . . — — Map (db m8673) HM

3 ► Kansas, Washington County, Hanover — Hollenberg Station and Transportation —
Near Big Bear Road.
Hollenberg Station and Transportation By the time Hollenberg Station was begun in 1857 or 1858, Gerat Hollenberg already had years of experience in operating at road ranch on the Oregon-California Trail. A native of Germany, he had been drawn . . . — — Map (db m253085) HM

4 ► Oregon, Washington County, Portland, North Bethany — Old Log Jail, 1853 —
On Northwest Springville Road north of PCC Drive.
The Old Log Jail is one of the oldest log structures in Oregon. In 1853, Washington County included all of what is now Multnomah and Columbia Counties, Hillsboro (originally Hillsborough) was the county seat. The town was composed of twelve . . . — — Map (db m303691) HM
 
 
  
 
    Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
 
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