Articles Posted in the History Category
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House on Lake Road
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Elk Rock Island 2
submitted by Lisa Batey This link is to an Oregonian article from November 1916 when the dance hall burned down. It refers to “Rock Island” as the “Willamette River summer resort”, which is consistent with…
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Club Rock Island
by Rich Morgan July, 2011 There are many web pages that cover the story of Elk Rock Island. The history of the island peaked our interest so we went over to the Milwaukie History Museum…
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The Bomber
Shortly after WWII a guy named Art Lacey went to Kansas to buy a surplus B-17. His idea was to fly it back to Oregon, jack it up in the air and make a gas…
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Trolley Trail History
The six mile Trolley Trail runs north-south, passing residential neighborhoods, retirement communities, parks and business districts along the way. The Trolley Trail is located within a former Portland Traction Co. streetcar line right-of-way. The streetcar…
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Oral History of Kellogg Lake
This is from an 80 page document compiled by Nicole West, City of Milwaukie, December, 2009 link to the COHO initiative: Introduction Kellogg Lake has been a central geographical feature in Milwaukie for over 160…
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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 History Bike Ride
In the early 1840’s pioneers traveling west to the Oregon Territory discovered dense timberland, fertile soil and abundant water resources on the banks of the Willamette River. There, the settlers found Milwaukie (1847), which became…
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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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Significant or Contributing Historic Resources
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The Acropolis before it was The Acropolis
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