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Welcome to Positively Portland![edit | edit source]

Portland is an amazing city with an interesting past and a hopeful future.

Learn about Portland[edit | edit source]


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Modern Portland[edit | edit source]

History[edit | edit source]

Geography[edit | edit source]

People[edit | edit source]

Schools[edit | edit source]

Strange (but true?)[edit | edit source]

What's in a name?[edit | edit source]


Here are a few of the names for our city:

Portland[edit | edit source]

In 1851 the name "Portland" was chosen for the the new community near where the Columbia and Willamette rivers meet. It was almost named "Boston"!


Multnomah[edit | edit source]

Long before there was Portland, this area was known as the home of the Multnomah people. Multnomah County is named after them. Their leader was Chief Multnomah.
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Stumptown[edit | edit source]

The Rose City[edit | edit source]

Bridgetown[edit | edit source]

Rip City[edit | edit source]

PDX[edit | edit source]

Portlandia[edit | edit source]

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