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PORTLAND , a See also:city, See also:port of entry and the See also:county-seat of
Multnomah county, See also:Oregon, U.S.A., bn the Willamette See also:river, near its confluence with the See also:Columbia, about 12o m. by See also:water
from the Pacific, 186 m. by See also:rail S.S.W. of See also:Seattle and about
772 M. N. of See also:San Francisco. Pop. (1890), 46,385; (1900), 90,426, of whom 25,876 were See also:foreign-See also:born (6943 See also:Chinese); (1910 See also:census) 207,214. Portland is served by the See also:Northern Pacific, the See also:Southern Pacific, the See also:Canadian Pacific, the See also:Great Northern and other See also:railways, by transpacific vessels to Hong-See also:Kong and See also:Yokohama, by See also:coast-See also:wise vessels to San Francisco, to ports on See also:Puget See also:Sound, in See also:British Columbia, and in See also:Alaska, and by river boats sailing See also:loo m. farther up the Willamette and up the Columbia and the Clearwater to See also:Lewiston, See also:Idaho. The city is built on both sides of the river (which is crossed by five See also:bridges), and covers about 44 sq. m. On the western See also:side the ground rises gradually for a distance of 4 to 12 m., and then rises abruptly 500-1000 ft. to " Portland Heights " and " See also:Council See also:Crest," beyond the much-broken See also:surface of which rises the Coast range; on the eastern side a slightly See also:rolling surface extends to the See also:foot-hills of the Cascade Mountains. From " Portland Heights" there are See also:fine views of the Columbia and Willamette valleys, and, particularly, of the See also:snow-clad summits of Mt See also:Hood, Mt See also:Jefferson, Mt St See also:Helen's, Mt See also:- ADAMS
- ADAMS, ANDREW LEITH (1827-1882)
- ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS (1807-1886)
- ADAMS, HENRY (1838— )
- ADAMS, HENRY CARTER (1852— )
- ADAMS, HERBERT (i858— )
- ADAMS, HERBERT BAXTER (1850—1901)
- ADAMS, JOHN (1735–1826)
- ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY (1767-1848)
- ADAMS, SAMUEL (1722-1803)
- ADAMS, THOMAS (d. c. 1655)
- ADAMS, WILLIAM (d. 162o)
Adams and Mt Rainier (or See also:Tacoma). In the See also:residence districts (See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King's See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill, See also:Nob Hill, Portland Heights, Willamette Heights, See also:Hawthorne See also:Avenue, &c.) are pleasantly shaded streets, and grounds decorated with shrubs, especially See also:roses, which sometimes See also:bloom as See also:late as See also:January—an See also:annual " See also:Rose Festival " is held here in See also:June. The city has 205 acres in parks and numerous beautiful drives. It has a fine See also:climate, the mean temperature during the See also:winter months from 1874 to 1903 was 41° F.; the mean summer temperature for the same See also:period 65° F. For the See also:year ending the 31st of May 1900 the See also:death-See also:rate was reported to be only 9 per moo, and in 1907 to be only 8.28 per r000. The city's water is brought through a See also:pipe 30 M. in length from See also:Bull Run river, which is fed by Bull Run See also:Lake at an See also:elevation of more than 3000 ft. in the Cascade Mountains.
Among the prominent buildings are the See also:Court See also:House; the City See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
Hall, containing the rooms of the Oregon See also:Historical Society; the Customs House; the See also:Protestant Episcopal See also:Cathedral; the Public Library (with 75,000 volumes in 1908); several tall See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office buildings with frames of See also:steel; and the See also:Art Museum (1905). There are large See also:grain See also:elevators and See also:miles of wharfs and docks. Among educational institutions are the See also:law and medical departments of the University of Oregon, Hill Military See also:Academy (1901) and Columbia University (See also:Roman See also:Catholic, 1901). The Oregonian, which was established here in 185o, is one of the most influential See also:newspapers on the Pacific Slope.
The See also:harbour is accessible for vessels of 26 ft. See also:draught and the city's leading See also:industry is the shipment by water and by rail of See also:fish (especially See also:salmon) and of the products (largely See also:lumber, See also:wheat and fruits) of the See also:rich Willamette and Columbia valleys. It is also an important jobbing centre. The value of the exports in 1908 amounted to $16,652,850 and the value of the imports to $2,937,513; the foreign See also:trade is chiefly with Great See also:Britain and its possessions, and with the Orient, where wheat and See also:flour are exchanged for raw See also:silk, See also:tea and See also:manila and other See also:fibres. Portland is the See also:principal manufacturing city of the See also:state. The See also:total value of its factory See also:pro-duct in 1905 was $28,651,321. The principal manufactures were lumber and See also:timber products ($3,577,465) and flour and grist See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
mill pro-ducts ($2,712,735) ; other important manufactures were packed See also:meat, planing-mill products, foundry and See also:machine-See also:shop products, railway cars (repaired), cordage and twine, and canned and preserved fish (salmon), oysters and fruits and vegetables.
Portland, named after Portland, See also:Maine, was founded in 1845 by two real-See also:estate men from New See also:England, and was chartered as a city in 1851. Its See also:early growth was promoted by the demand for provisions from See also:California soon after the See also:discovery of See also:gold there, and although a considerable portion was swept by See also:fire in 1873 the city had a See also:population of nearly 20,000 before railway communication with the See also:East was established by the Northern Pacific in 1883. East Portland and Albina were annexed to the city in See also:July 1891. The See also:Lewis and See also:Clark Centennial and See also:American Pacific Exposition and See also:Oriental See also:Fair was held in Portland in 1905 in See also:commemoration of the expedition of Meriwether Lewis and See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William Clark to this region in 1805. The forestry See also:building, 205 ft. See also:long by 1o8 ft. wide and built of logs of Oregon See also:fir 6 ft. or more in See also:diameter and 54 ft. long, and a building devoted entirely to the subject of See also:irrigation, were of unusual See also:interest. The forestry building is now maintained as a museum chiefly for timber and timber products.
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