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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/HM4ZL_deer-island_Deer-Island-OR.html
Deer Island in the Columbia was named by the Lewis and Clark Expedition which stopped to dine here November 5, 1805 on its way down river. Homeward bound the explorers camped on the island on March 28,1806. Captain Clark recorded "This morning we …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GL_original-stash_Estacada-OR.html
Geocaching.comOriginal StashFirst Geocache placed here.May 3, 2000N 45? 17.460 W 122? 24.800
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM37_dekum-building_Portland-OR.html
German immigrant Frank Dekum amassed a fortune during Portland's explosive early history with his confectionery business. The massive Dekum Building, completed in 1892 at a cost exceeding $300,000, used exclusively Oregon materials in its construc…