Caboose No. 1134

Historical marker location:

800 South 1st Street, Coos Bay, Oregon

( Marker is on Oregon Coast Highway (U.S. 101) north of Hall Avenue, on the right when traveling north.)

The city of Portland, Oregon was named after Portland, Maine. The city's founder, Asa Lovejoy, had lived in Portland, Maine and wanted to name the new settlement after his former hometown.