Early History of Portland
Author : Mrs. N. B. Rice
Publisher :
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 19,52 MB
Release : 1908
Category : Ionia County (Mich.)
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Author : Mrs. N. B. Rice
Publisher :
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 19,52 MB
Release : 1908
Category : Ionia County (Mich.)
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Author : William John Hawkins
Publisher : Timber Press (OR)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,30 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780881927498
Portland's great residential architecture is presented in the context of the history and growth of the city as well as the broader, international architectural trends.
Author : Joseph A. Conforti
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 17,59 MB
Release : 2007-08-31
Category : Portland (Me.)
ISBN : 9781584654490
The only comprehensive study of Portland s history, culture, and people."
Author : Tracy J. Prince and Zadie J. Schaffer
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,67 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1467125059
The story of Portland, Oregon, like much of history, has usually been told with a focus on male leaders. This book offers a reframing of Portland's history. Many women made their mark and radically changed the Oregon frontier, including Native Americans Polly Johnson and Josette Nouette; pioneers Minerva Carter and Charlotte Terwilliger; doctors Marie Equi, Mary Priscilla Avery Sawtelle, and Bethina Owens-Adair; artists Eliza Barchus and Lily E. White; suffragists Abigail Scott Duniway, Hattie Redmond, and Eva Emery Dye; lawyer Mary Gysin Leonard; Air Force pilot Hazel Ying Lee; politicians Barbara Roberts and Margaret Carter; and authors Frances Fuller Victor, Beverly Cleary, Beatrice Morrow Cannady, Ursula Le Guin, and Jean Auel. These women, along with groups of women such as "Wendy the Welders," made Portland what it is today.
Author : Jewel Lansing
Publisher :
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 18,16 MB
Release : 2005-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780870711183
This is the definitive book on Portland's political history, beginning in 1845 when a 16-lot townsite was laid out on the bank of the Willamette River and continuing through the sesquicentennial of Portland city government. Lansing shows that Portland's path to its present place as the twenty-eighth largest city in the United States, with a deserved reputation as one of the nation's most livable cities, has not always been smooth. Corruption, profiteering, and wide-open vice characterized the City of Roses at the turn of the twentieth century, and every era has had its own controversies and rivalries: disputes over railroad franchises and rights-of-way, women's suffrage, public versus private power, the Chinese Exclusion Act, Prohibition, and the siting of freeways, to name just a few.
Author : Oregon. Office of the Secretary of State
Publisher :
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 43,73 MB
Release : 1895
Category : Oregon
ISBN :
Author : Elizabeth McLagan
Publisher :
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,24 MB
Release : 1980
Category : History
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Author : Laura O. Foster
Publisher : Timber Press
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 40,74 MB
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1604690690
Portland has 196 public staircases, an irresistible asset to this pedestrian-friendly city. In The Portland Stairs Book, Portland's walking guru Laura Foster has gathered the best and most interesting in a handy pocket-sized guide. From Mount Tabor's epic 282 steps to the glass cupola atop 115 steps in Pioneer Courthouse, The Portland Stairs Book features details on twenty outdoor stairs that have amazing stories and something unique to offer an urban explorer. The stairs include the Willamette River Bridge Stairs, The Westover Terraces Steps, and Rocky Butte's Grand Staircase. The book also features indoor stairs that are perfect for a rainy Portland day and five Stair Trails that lead readers on urban treks that contain hundreds of steps in five different areas of town.
Author : Val C. Ballestrem
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 33,42 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 146713953X
As Portland has grown and changed, so has its architectural landscape. Once prominent landmarks have disappeared--the Marquam Building collapsed during 1912 renovations, the massive chamber of commerce building became a parking lot and the Corbett Building became a shopping mall. The city skyline was shaped by architects like Justus F. Krumbein and David L. Williams, only to drastically change in the face of urban renewal and the desire for modernization. Discover the stories behind some of Portland's most iconic buildings, including the Beth Israel Synagogue and the first East Side High School, both lost to fire. Join historian Val C. Ballestrem as he explores the city's architectural heritage from the 1890s to the present, as well as the creative forces behind it.
Author : William Willis
Publisher :
Page : 962 pages
File Size : 39,88 MB
Release : 1865
Category : Maine
ISBN :