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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CP5_the-old-church_Wilsonville-OR.html
The "Old Church". . The Wilsonville Methodist Episcopal Church, fondly referred to by residents as the "Old Church," was dedicated on Aug. 27, 1911. Upon its opening, the building was debt-free and complete with an organ purcha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CP4_grove-of-the-states_Aurora-OR.html
Grove of the States. Oregon Heritage Tree Site. The Grove of the States includes a tree representing each state in the USA and the District of Columbia. The idea for the Grove of the States was conceived by Oregon Attorney General Robert Y. Thornt…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CON_drug-store-and-lodge-hall_Wilsonville-OR.html
Drug Store and Lodge Hall. . Built in 1903, this building was important to area social life, serving as Wilsonville's first "community center." . . Meetings were held in a lodge hall that occupied the second floor. Area residents woul…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2COM_norris-young-machine-shop_Wilsonville-OR.html
Norris Young Machine Shop. . Built at the turn of the 20th Century, the Norris Young Machine Shop served the farming community. Young, an accomplished machinist and inventor, repaired farm machinery and logging equipment. . . Young was an enter…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2COL_site-of-bill-flynns-saloon_Wilsonville-OR.html
Site of Bill Flynn's Saloon. . Built in 1905 and named for its colorful owner, Bill Flynn's Saloon was a favorite hangout for residents and weary travelers. Farmers would park their wagons outside the saloon to rest their horses before the climb u…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2COK_the-cottage-hotel_Wilsonville-OR.html
The Cottage Hotel. . Built in 1905, The Cottage Hotel is one of the many buildings constructed during the time that the Oregon Electric Railway ran through Wilsonville. The hotel's business was directly dependent on the railroad's passenger servic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CNQ_site-of-the-train-depot_Wilsonville-OR.html
Site of the Train Depot. . The Oregon Electric Railway was completed during the first decade of the 1900s, coming initially from Portland to Wilsonville, then on to Salem and Eugene after construction of a mile-long trestle across the Willamette R…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A4F_oswego-landing_Lake-Oswego-OR.html
In the early 19th century, the river landing at the mouth of Oswego Creek was a convenient camping place for explorers, fur traders, and pioneers. In the words of one old timer, it was "a stopping place, a sort of a relay station for boats both la…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29MA_the-first-people_Lake-Oswego-OR.html
In Prehistoric Times Fifteen thousand years ago, the mouth of the Tualatin River was located at Like Oswego. The river's course changed when the cataclysmic Missoula floods poured down the Columbia Basin and inundated the Willamette Valley. The…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29AC_iron-company-workers-cottage_Lake-Oswego-OR.html
This cottage is the last survivor of cottages built for workers in Oswego's iron industry. It was probably built in the late 1870s or early 1880s by Albert Clinefelter or Lucien Davidson, local carpenters who constructed many buildings for the iro…
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