On Harvey Milk Street, on the right when traveling east.
Here, in one of the city's first brick buildings, Abner Hunt Francis and
his brother Isaac operated a thriving clothing business. Educated free
Blacks, they settled in Oregon despite the territory's 1849 Black
exclusion laws. When in 1851 the . . . — — Map (db m286167) HM
Near Southwest 4th Avenue at Southwest Main Street, on the right when traveling north.
Prominent landholder, civic leader and philanthropist, Lownsdale was largely responsible for the early growth of Portland. He arrived here in 1845 from Kentucky and his land claim of 640 acres encompassed most of present day downtown Portland. The . . . — — Map (db m309326) HM
Near Southwest Morrison Street at Southwest 1st Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
A water front shack in this vicinity housed the hand press brought from San Francisco in 1850 by Thomas Dryer to start a newspaper in the small but ambitious settlement of Portland. This marker commemorates an historic event. — — Map (db m310026) HM
On Southwest Morrison Street at Southwest Broadway, on the left when traveling west on Southwest Morrison Street.
On this block, May 17, 1858, Portland’s first public school was opened: L. L. Terwilliger, principal; Mrs. Mary J. Hensill, primary grades; Owen Connelly, higher section; 280 pupils enrolled. Enlarged in 1873, it became the Central School building. . . . — — Map (db m308964) HM
On Southwest Montgomery St at SW Park Ave, on the right when traveling east on Southwest Montgomery St.
Simon Benson, born in Norway, arrived in Portland in 1880 at age 29 with little money, a wife and child. By the 1890s he operated a vast timber enterprise, and was an active proponent of new logging techniques, including the donkey steam engine and . . . — — Map (db m256510) HM
Near Southwest Jefferson Street at Southwest Park Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
First planks for the Canyon Road connecting Portland with the rich Tualatin Valley were laid near this spot in September 1851. As a community effort it brought farm produce to our docks and established Portland as a port and market for the old . . . — — Map (db m309102) HM
Near Southwest Main Street at Southwest 4th Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
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
