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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5H1_george-abernethy_West-Linn-OR.html
From 1845 to 1849, George Abernethy was the first Provisional Governor of the Oregon Country, which extended from the Pacific Ocean to the Rocky Mountains and from California to Northern British Columbia. After arriving in Oregon in 1840 as part o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5GZ_dr-john-mcloughlin-1784-1857_West-Linn-OR.html
Chief factor of the Hudson's Bay Company at Fort Vancouver, philanthropist, and founder of Oregon City. The land on the east bank of the Willamette River at the falls was claimed by Dr. McLoughlin and the Hudson's Bay Co. in 1828-29. First called …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5GY_willamette-falls_West-Linn-OR.html
Was early the site of an Indian salmon fishing village. The falls furnished the power for a lumber mill which began operation in 1842, a flour mill in 1844, a woolen mill in 1864 and the first paper mill in the Pacific Northwest in 1867. The first…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5GX_willamette-falls-locks_West-Linn-OR.html
Still in use below this point-were opened on New Years Day, 1873, when the steamer Maria Wilkins became the first vessel to navigate up the west end of Willamette Falls. Farming and shipping interests had long sought to eliminate expensive portage…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5EP_the-vietnam-monument_Sandy-OR.html
[Marker on Monument's front]:In memory of veterans who served in all wars"Never to be Forgotten"Donated to the City of Sandy, Oregonand dedicated on November 11, 1987 by membersof the Veterans of Foreign Wars ofthe United States of AmericaPost 427…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GL_original-stash_Estacada-OR.html
Geocaching.comOriginal StashFirst Geocache placed here.May 3, 2000N 45? 17.460 W 122? 24.800