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The Willamette Falls Paper Company (formerly the West Linn Paper Company) is an American paper manufacturing company with a paper mill located just above the Willamette Falls on the northwest bank of the Willamette River, in the city of West Linn, Oregon. It sits across the river from the site of the defunct Blue Heron Paper Company in Oregon City.
West Linn is a city in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States.A southern suburb within the Portland metropolitan area, West Linn developed on the site of the former Linn City, which was named after U.S. Senator Lewis F. Linn of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, who had advocated the American occupation of the Oregon territory as a counterclaim to the British.
In 1910 and 1911, the town of Willamette was struck by a typhoid fever outbreak, first believed to be caused by the spring floods of the Willamette River which poisoned the town well at the bottom of 12th Street. Newspaper reports of the time, state that 10% of the town (35 people) were stricken with typhoid fever and at least one died.
Politicians from West Linn, Oregon (4 P) Pages in category "People from West Linn, Oregon" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total.
A second restaurant opened in West Linn in 2002. [5] Exterior of 13 Virtues Brewing, 2022. In 2012, Moore rebranded the brewery as 13 Virtues Brewing Co. [4] By 2014, Moore had expanded the Sellwood-Moreland restaurant with an adjacent 3,000-square-foot brewery and taproom. [6] [7]
Out of over 90,000 National Register sites nationwide, [2] Oregon is home to over 2,000, [3] and 76 of those are found partially or wholly in Linn County. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted November 29, 2024.
In 1984, West Linn High School was honored in the Blue Ribbon Schools Program, the highest honor a school can receive in the United States. [4] In 2008, 93% of the school's seniors received their high school diploma. Of 373 students, 346 graduated, 18 dropped out, 6 received a modified diploma, and 3 are still in high school. [5] [6]
A list of 22 possible sites was narrowed down to three until the West Linn City Council approved a resolution authorizing the purchase of a 1.5-acre piece of land on Burns Street in April 1988. [8] The new 10,000 square foot library, which was designed by SRG Partnership, opened on Burns Street in December 1989. [9]