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Category : Oregon City (Or.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1
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The City of Destiny, Oregon City, Oregon, Falls of the Willamette
Author: A Vision for the Willamette Falls Legacy Project
Author: Oregon City (Or.)Publisher:
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Category : Willamette Falls (Or.)
Languages : en
Pages : 75
Book Description
"A vision also emerged during the master planning process. The public process articulated a future for the site that provides public access to the Falls, restores habitat, redevelops the property to honor the site's past, and re-connects to Oregon City's historic downtown. This place will feel like an extension of downtown, not a separate campus, and will include generous spaces for the public to experience the site and reconnect to the Willamette River"--Page 7.
Oregon City Floods
Author: Clackamas County Historical SocietyPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467133582
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Native American legends from times long ago tell of great floods that covered the earth in the Pacific Northwest. Early fur trappers describe the Willamette River as a sheet of water covering the land as far as the eye can see in the early 1800s. As American settlement of the Oregon Territory began in the 1840s, a great flood carried away many of the new businesses at the base of majestic Willamette Falls. Again and again the rivers rose, inundating the historic city to the north and south. But Oregon City, the first incorporated city in the Oregon Territory, survives, thrives, and grows despite these floods.
At the Trail’s End
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Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 103
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Oregon City lies at the base of Willamette Falls. It was one of the few known points in the Oregon Territory, as the destination for thousands coming overland to lay claim to the acres upon acres of forested land. Presently, Oregon City is known by its proximity to Portland. The two neighboring settlements were considered "long-distance," when on a spring evening in 1889, energy generated from the falls was carried through 14 miles of recently-laid copper wire to power streetlights in downtown Portland's Chapman Square. It was the first ever long-distance transmission of electricity. Oregon City, the oldest incorporated settlement west of the Rocky Mountains, is a town in transition, as it attempts to reinvent itself as something more than an old mill town, building on its natural beauty and historical significance. This essay collection showcases the history and character of Oregon City, highlighting the people and places that have called it home.
Falls of the Willamette River at Oregon City, Oreg
Author: Edward BurrPublisher:
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Category : Willamette River (Or.)
Languages : en
Pages : 33
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Oregon City
Author: Jim TompkinsPublisher: Arcadia Library Editions
ISBN: 9781531630102
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
In 1829, Dr. John McLoughlin, chief factor of the Hudson's Bay Company Columbia Department, had two small cabins constructed on an island in Willamette Falls. The Kalapuya Indians promptly burned them, but a claim had been made and the roots planted for the oldest city in the Oregon Territory. Incorporated for over 160 years as Oregon City, McLoughlin's city at Willamette Falls has served as the political capital of an independent Oregon Country and the first capital of the Oregon Territory. Considered the oldest industrial site in the West, with saw, flour, paper, and woolen mills, Oregon City was also a transportation center for covered wagons, steamboats, and railroads. As a regional entertainment hub over the years, the community has provided both residents and visitors with such pleasures as Chautauquas, Oregon's first sporting events, the first state fair, a variety of annual festivals, and an array of opera, vaudeville, and movie houses.
Pacific Destiny
Author: Dale L. WalkerPublisher: Forge Books
ISBN: 1466815132
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
"Walker constructs a compelling narrative that is a string of unusual profiles rather than an analytic account of a major event in American history." - Publishers Weekly The Oregon Country! For a century that fabled place, lying somewhere beyond the Rocky Mountains at the farthest reaches of the continent galvanized the American people. Its riches, in furs, timber, fish, and fecund soil for farming, awakened the avarice of nations. Spain, Great Britain, Russia, and the United States all vied for this trackless Eden of the pacific littoral, and not until the 1840s did the Americans claim it once and for all. In these pages are the explorations of the fierce Scots who scaled the mountains and mapped the rivers of the Oregon country before the time of Lewis and Clark; the imperial fiefdom created for profit and Britannia by the fur-trading ventures of the Hudson's Bay Company; John Jacob Astor's ill-fated experiment on the Columbia River; the mountain men who risked their lives in Indian country in pursuit of beaver furs; and the arrival of the missionaries and pioneers of the Oregon Trail. Pacific Destiny is the Spur Award-winning story for best historical non-fiction, told by a distinguished chronicler of nineteenth century America. A story of the clashing of empires, coveting the matchless wealth of the Pacific Northwest-the story of The Oregon Country. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Falls of the Willamette River at Oregon City, Oreg. Letter from the Secretary of War, Transmitting, with a Letter from the Acting Chief of Engineers ... with a View to Determining What, If Anything, Should be Done by the Federal Government in Aid of Navigation at this Point. December 6, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and Ordered to be Printed, with Illustrations
Author: United States. Congress. HousePublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 33
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Willamette Landings
Author: Howard McKinley CorningPublisher: University of Washington Press
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
During the second half of the nineteenth century, the Willamette River served as the primary means of transportation for both people and goods in Oregon's Willamette Valley. Riverboats plied the river along a series of landings and small communities where much of the population clustered. Some of these settlements, such as Albany and Springfield, developed into the towns and metropolitan centers of present-day Oregon. Others, such as Lancaster, flourished briefly before gradually declining or disappearing altogether as transportation shifted to roads and railroads. Willamette Landings, originally published in 1947, offers a portrait of the Willamette River at a time when it was the bustling center of commerce and settlement. McKinley's account presents a perspective unfamiliar today - from the river itself. This new edition includes maps, numerous historic photographs, and in introduction by the well-known writer Robin Cody, whose affinity with the life and history of rivers of the Pacific Northwest is long-standing.
Willamette Falls
Author: Oregon City (Or.). Board of TradePublisher:
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Category : Oregon City (Or.)
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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