Portland

Lower Highway

Portland, Lower Highway v.2020.03.007Google Earth Imagery Date: May 8, 2019

"Indians never settled at the site of present-day Portland, although they used it for a resting place as they traveled between the Columbia River and the falls of the Willamette. To them, Portland was known simply as 'the clearing.'"


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Oregon State Archives: A 1940 Journey Across Oregon

US 30 leaves PORTLAND, 0 m. [West of Portland]. on NW. Vaughn St. and St. Helens Road, a part of the Lower Columbia Highway, and passes through a busy industrial district along Portland's lower harbor. Wharves line the Willamette River bank (R) and factories and warehouses occupy the river flats.


http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/pages/exhibits/across/portland.html

Links

Wikipedia: National Register of Historic Places listings in Northwest Portland, Oregon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Northwest_Portland,_Oregon

Wikipedia: National Register of Historic Places listings in Southwest Portland, Oregon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Southwest_Portland,_Oregon

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