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The Portland Freedom Trail is a self-guided walking tour of Portland, Maine. Established in 2007, [ 1 ] its 2-mile (3.2 km) course passes through the city's oldest and most historic areas, including those related to its African American population, and features thirteen points of interest.
Terwilliger Boulevard is a street in Portland, Oregon, U.S.It begins at SW 6th Avenue and SW Sheridan Street south of Portland State University.It passes through the neighborhoods of Marquam Hill, Southwest Hills, and Burlingame and by Lewis and Clark College before ending at Oregon Route 43 in Lake Oswego.
Marquam Nature Park is a 203.5-acre (82.4 ha) park, located in the gulch northeast of Marquam hill in southwest Portland, Oregon, United States. The park was acquired by Portland Parks & Recreation in 1979. [1] Marquam Nature Park is in Southwest Portland in the Tualatin Mountains, also known as the West Hills, and has several miles of hiking ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Freight trains brought farm produce into Portland. [5] ... 3.1 5.0: 70 21
The original Fulton Park District was 411 acres (1.66 km 2), and was formed on July 20, 1888 when Philip A. Marquam sold the land to the South West Portland Company for $150,000. It included the present-day South Burlingame neighborhood as well as an eight-block corridor of land that follows Terwilliger Boulevard north from Interstate 5 to ...
In 1845, Oregon Trail pioneer James B. Stephens laid claim to 640 acres (260 ha) across the Willamette River from the then-newly established Portland townsite. [2] The land had been controlled by John McLoughlin of the Hudson's Bay Company, [3] [4]: 2 and its location along the east bank of the river—with its marshes, creeks, and sloughs—made development challenging.
The 40-Mile Loop is a partially completed greenway trail around and through Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon. It was proposed in 1903 by the Olmsted Brothers architecture firm as part of the development of Forest Park. [1] [2] One greenway expert calls it "one of the most creative and resourceful greenway projects in the country." [3]
Sturdivant's Wharf (formerly Robinson's Wharf) is a historic wharf in Portland, Maine, [1] on the edge of the Fore River. It is located on Commercial Street between Holyoke Wharf (to the north) and Deake's Wharf (to the south).