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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25F7_the-willamette-stone_Portland-OR.html
Beginning here, the Willamette Meridian was established running north to Puget Sound and south to the California border, and the Base Line was established running east to the Idaho border and west to the Pacific Ocean.
From the surveyed lines, t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25F5_fort-william_Portland-OR.html
Nathaniel J. Wyeth of Boston, Massachusetts began permanent American settlement of Oregon by building a fur trading and salmon packing post one-half mile east to rival the Hudson's Bay Company at Fort Vancouver. He guided the missionaries Jason a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12AF_the-telegram-building-1922_Portland-OR.html
This property has been placed on theNational Register of Historic Placesby the Untied States Department of the InteriorNational Parks Serviceand is subject to the provisions of theOregon Special Assessment ProgramORS 358.475-.565
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPPJ_vanport_Portland-OR.html
Within a year of the US entering World War II, more than 160,000 people moved to Portland — a city of only 360,000 — to work in Home Front industries. Industrialist Henry Kaiser's three shipyards employed the most workers. To house his…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPPB_the-willamette-stone_Portland-OR.html
This short trail leads to the Willamette Stone, the surveyor's monument that is the point of origin for all public land surveys in Oregon and Washington. The landmark was established on June 4, 1851 by John B. Preston, Oregon's first Surveyor Gene…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7QD_oregon-korean-war-veterans-memorial_Portland-OR.html
June 25, 1950? ? ? Korea? ? ? July 27, 1953Dedicated to the memory of these men and women from Oregon so their sacrifice will never be forgotten
Oh, could our fallen brothers? ? ? ? ? ? ? know the honor they helped bringto God, and to our count…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7Q7_willamette-national-cemetery-carillon-bells_Portland-OR.html
[Main/Bottom Marker]:These Carillon Bellsin honor and loving memory ofall Veteranswere donated by the Oregon StateFederation of Garden Clubs, Inc.[Top Marker]:June? ? ? ? ? [The Oregon Federation of Garden Clubs Logo]? ? ? ? ? 1989In honor ofFlore…
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…