Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-01-13

rGold~u Pasors

wn. 6. Lad.s erected tbs nrst bEick
hnfldinR IN Portland IN 1868
TIE Art nessraper printed IN OFset'n
vss she Oregon spsf1foT. IL vas Hssafo
Of Oregon cisy IN 1870.
Ths original nsroe Of the place vbsrs
DalI.s stsEds Mss Wirqast. signify irlR
'sayroundsd ~ rocky riFas
The hrst regular mail service bssSeen
Portland and ssn Francisco beRan IN
March, 1851. Il Vas monthly ssrVlee.
Portland was incorporates 10 1851,
thsn having about ore th0sNand snhae-
itanfa- Hugh ID. OBryaui vss the nfh'
Mayor.
Salem vas plated a. town in ls4i.
The site vas then owned by VII. i4soh'
Who gave the town iss name.
Oregon City wsa fra elairosd oy Dr.
NeIAuohiin. OF the Hudson Bay Com
uanv. ia ls29, ard that year three log
shsnsies we're erected.
OREGON City Vas the hEst capital %
Oregon, and Oregon City viii aiSsys lie
one OF the firAt manufacturing esnieFs
Of the Pacific coast.
Thomas !. DRYER, founder Of the ore
oo,,.an .PortIat d fret newspaper, Issued
ehs frst nnmh<r 10 1850. Eleven YEAR,
lsteY the first d4isi.s were issDsd--ihe
Idpsy.fasr and sssss-botb coming INTO
sxistsBcs in 1861.
The first printing pres on Tbs Colnnl-
bia was bf0uRhs from the Bar dSieo ls'
ands over forty years ago. Ii vas Pre-
ssn.ed to missionaries among TIRE N"z
Psrces. IL was used to print sshoOl books
and other works In the ssz Peress Ian
guaae.
Though the discovery Of gold 10 Cali
foYuia vas eventually OF incaioutable
bensat 10 Oree0u, tbs ffst effects we're
psrfsctIy pAralyziDg. The geld excite
meut Of l6is- 8 carris d of all UregoniAns
Who vers foot loose.
Undsubssaiy ths oldest apple trees
vest Of the Missouri river are on Alpet
vai Greek, near Lewiston, IN Idaho
Sorue Of thsm gre over foot In diam
stsr, The seeds were kronRht out BY
Rss. Mr.. Bpaulcine, the missionary 10
1856.
On the 18th Of September, ISL, the
fort and buildings of the Aator Fur Co.
at Astoria we're completed and occupied
ths ART permanent habitations OF civil
tEB0 man IN tao sAitry " te0 NNtN.-~'
II ne except the log hot erected hy II wis
and Clarke on ths south side OF fonnRs
Bav, and occupied By them through the
dreary winter Of 1866.
The site Of Portland vas first claimed
In ls43 By teupts@eean named Osei-
Ton, He traded his claim tue next year
70 MsazrA Lovsioy and Pettygrove, who
crested tbs firsf dwelling on the site, 3
log house, at the foot of what Is n0w
WaAhinQton HtEes9. A tovnsite Was
plated IN Ie45. bat the plat was about
the only evidence Of town until lttc,
vhsn the name Portland vas adopted
Then Mr.. Psttyarose booeh, the inter
sss Of Lovejoy. and be soon after trad
ed the who's t0gn 10 Daniel n. Towns
dale fer 5000 worth Of home tanned
leather.
MAY iith, 17g2, when yernAl Riories
desked and unAnlled hill and valley
httina natural conditions for sn achieve
ment 60 franeht With future po.sibilitis.
this frst ship entered the mouth Of tn.
ColnmbiA river. She was the Columbia,
owned BY Boston traders and command
ed by Yankee Captain Robert Gray.
On the American side vasious claims Ia
"sh6 Oregon Territory" we're urged. III
diplomatic complications with England
In regard to the bject, but the strongest
vas based on the event here cbrouicled
right by priority OF dIsoovery-ths
basia Of England's claim TO aid political
csntfof over all abe has or ever had In
the Western World.
Mr.. Pettygrovs WAS from Maine and
Mr.. Lovejoy from Massachusetts. They
were JOINT owners of the tovnsite Of
Portland In 1913. E,oh failing TO con-
viaea the other, In the Ordinary course
Of argument, that h.a name Was the
preferable one. they stepped ont OF the
newly erected cabin iuto the little Open
ing among the FIR trees la trent of IL,
and P-ttygrove said: a Well toss this
copper up for IT, Head or tail, Love
ioyf' And Lovcioy answered. Tan"
Up wen. the copper eliAiing through the
crystal air, and down 10 fell With the
head up. IL VIM exclaimed Petty
grove; the name must be Portland"
And thus did a penny arbiirate the
matter and IN the name Of Oregon's
metropolis forever.