
The Great Plank Road, Portland, Oregon
Posted by:
Rose Red
N 45° 30.946 W 122° 40.986
10T E 524751 N 5040297
Plank roads wood have worked better back then but they would knot work now.
Waymark Code: WM1QW
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 09/21/2005
Views: 90

Note: This was my 1st Waymark.First planks for the Canyon Road connecting Portland with the rich Tualatin Valley were laid near this spot in September 1851. As a community effort it brought farm produce to our docks and established Portland as a port and market for the Old Oregon Country. This large monument, placed by the Lang Syne Society 1960, is located in the Park Blocks in downtown Portland.
Instructions for logging this waymark: locate and photograph the monument with either you or your GPSr in the picture.