Historical Marker

Applegate Trail - Grave Creek

Historical marker location:
500 Sunny Valley Loop, Wolf Creek, Oregon
( Marker is on Sunny Valley Loop, on the left when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 2017

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.
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