Portland, Oregon
Portland is a major port in the Willamette Valley region of the Pacific Northwest. Named after Portland, Maine, the Oregon settlement began to be populated in the 1830s near the end of the Oregon Trail. The land that would become Portland was flooded after the collapse of glacial dams from Lake Missoula.
About Portland, Oregon in brief
Portland is a major port in the Willamette Valley region of the Pacific Northwest. Named after Portland, Maine, the Oregon settlement began to be populated in the 1830s near the end of the Oregon Trail. At the turn of the 20th century, the city had a reputation as one of the most dangerous port cities in the world, a hub for organized crime and racketeering. After the city’s economy experienced an industrial boom during World War II, its hard-edged reputation began to dissipate. The city operates with a commission-based government guided by a mayor and four commissioners as well as Metro, the only directly elected metropolitan planning organization in the United States. In 2018, a national survey ranked Portland as the 10th greenest city in the nation. Its climate is marked by warm, dry summers and cool, rainy winters. This climate is ideal for growing roses, and Portland has been called the \”City of Roses\” for over a century. The land that would become Portland was flooded after the collapse of glacial dams from Lake Missoula, in what would later become Montana. Before American colonizers began arriving in the 1800s, the land was inhabited for many centuries by two bands of indigenous Chinook people – the Multnomah and the Clackamas. The Chinook were first documented in 1805 by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. In 1889, Henry Pittock’s wife Georgiana established the Portland Rose Society.
In 1888, the first steel bridge built on the West Coast was built. By 1890, it had grown to 46,500 and by 1890 it had gone from 46,385 to 67,385. It was the first city to enact a comprehensive plan to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Its combined statistical area ranks 19th-largest with a population of around 3. 2 million. Approximately 60% of Oregon’s population resides within the Portland metropolitan area. In 1843 William Overton saw potential in the new settlement but lacked the funds to file an official land claim. For 25 cents, Overton agreed to share half of the 640-acre site with Asa Lovejoy of Boston. Both Pettygrove and Lovejoy wished to rename \”The Clearing\” after their respective hometowns. This controversy was settled with a coin toss that Pettygroves won in a series of two out of three tosses, thereby providing Portland with its namesake. At the time of its incorporation on February 8, 1851, Portland had over 800 inhabitants, a steammill, a log cabin, and a newspaper, and Weekly Weekly. A major fire swept through downtown in August 1873, causing USD 1 million in damage, roughly the equivalent to roughly 7 million today. By 1879, the population of the city was preparing for the 1905 Exposition to be held at the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition. It is the sixth-most populous on the west Coast, and the second- most populous in thePacific Northwest after Seattle.
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