Articles Posted in the Places Category
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The Portland Aquarium
The aquarium features 30 exhibits displaying more than 2,500 species representing an array of habitat. The aquarium’s collection includes sharks, stingrays, sea jellies, river otter, an octopus, diving birds and more. Nestled in the former…
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The Pendleton Woolen Mill Store: Heritage, Hipster (And Just a Little Bit Haunted).
It’s 11:55 am on a Thursday, and I’ve passed up my lunch hour in hopes of hunting down ghost stories. I’m not even sure I believe in spirits or poltergeists, and I’m starving. But who…
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Minthorn Springs Wetland: Milwaukie’s Best-Kept Secret
taken from The Nature of Portland.com For thirteen years now, I’ve worked in an office located off of Highway 224, in Milwaukie. Adjoining the office complex, there’s a small wetland area called Minthorn Springs. Looking…
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Milwaukie Pioneer Cemetery
Milwaukie Pioneer Cemetery began in 1850 with two burials and was declared “full” in the 1950′s. The property was deeded to “the Public of Milwaukie” as a cemetery in 1869 by Mr. & Mrs. William…
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Milwaukie Museum
George Wise was born in 1820. His wife, Sarah Elizabeth Tong was born in 1842. They were married in 1859. George Wise built the farmhouse that is now the Milwaukie Museum in 1865. It was…
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Nutria Pond behind the Milwaukie Public Library
Behind Ledding Library is Scott Park, named for pioneer Milwaukie farmers Richard & Hannah Scott. It is home to one of many of Milwaukie’s summer concert series (Wednesdays at noon) as well as our infamous…
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Pendleton Woolen Mill
For many years I have driven by on McLoughlin Blvd thinking “Someday I am going to stop in and look at what they have at the Pendleton Woolen Mill store.” One day after attending our…
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