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Mayor Carson & Students for Clean River Measure
On Nov. 5, 1938, Portland Mayor Joseph Carson rallied with thousands of students in front of City Hall to support two voter initiatives to clean …
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Mayor George Baker with Indian Group
In a typically theatrical public relations event, Portland’s gregarious mayor George L. Baker posed for photographs following a Native American “adoption” ceremony. Baker was elected …
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Mayville
Prior to its being named Mayville, the settlement along Route 19 between Condon and Fossil was called Clyde, after a local blacksmith, whose last name …
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Mazamas
The history of the Mazamas began in early 1894 when William Gladstone Steel and several Oregon Alpine Club members met to organize a new society. …
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McCants Stewart (1877-1919)
Born in Brooklyn, New York, McCants Stewart was the son of a respected Black civic leader and confidant of Booker T. Washington. At age sixteen, …
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McCarthy Era (late 1940s-late 1950s)
As Woody Guthrie observed at the dawn of the McCarthy Era in 1947, "Portland is OK except for being 50 years behind Seattle in …
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McCaw, Martin, and White Architects
McCaw, Martin & White was a prominent architectural firm active in Portland at the end of the nineteenth century. It was responsible for some of …
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McClellan Committee
Portland's notorious history of racketeering played a role in the creation of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Improper Activities in the Labor or …
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McKenzie Pass
The McKenzie Pass summit, named for the McKenzie River, is located on the scenic McKenzie Pass Highway (Route 242) just west of the Dee …
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McKenzie River
The McKenzie River, on the western slope of the Cascade Range, starts on the east at the volcanic Three Sisters and extends approximately ninety miles …
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