Portland Names and Neighborhoods: Their Historic Origins

Price 14.95 USD

EAN/UPC/ISBN Code 9780832303470


Hundreds of street, school, and park names are in daily use in the city, but most of them have become mere labels, their origins forgotten. Here are more than 950 such names -- alphabetically arranged- with biographical and historical information about what lies behind those names and what persons they honor. Maps, illustrations, index. 256 pages. Other books by Eugene Snyder: "Amanda"s Friends: Prints and Drawings by Amanda Snyder American Artist 1894 - 1980" "Aurora, Their Last Utopia: Oregon"s Christian Commune, 1856-1883" "Early Portland: Stumptown Triumphant" "Mexican Notebook" "Portland Potpourri: Art, Fountains & Old Friends" "Skidmore"s Portland: His Fountain and Its Sculptor" "The Adventure of the Missing Brother:" "We Claimed This Land: Portland"s Pioneer Settlers"