FIRST - Issue of The Oregonian, The Oregonian Printing Press Park, Portland, Oregon - First of its Kind on Waymarking.com

At the northeast corner of SW 1st Avenue and SW Morrison Street is a historic site--The Oregonian Printing Press Park. The park is somewhat larger than Fagan's (Mill Ends Park) but does not have the sentiment attached to it as does the smallest park in the world. Nevertheless, it has a special meaning.

Some years back a curious concrete structure stood there to mark the spot of the FIRST Issue of The Oregonian with the newspaper's FIRST printing press. For years this sculpture attracted few onlookers but plenty of neglect. Eventually the site was transformed into an appropriate memorial. The bollards, six of them, now contain the front pages of significant news events of national and regional interest. There are some intriguing stories on these pages.

Instructions for logging waymark: visit The Oregonian Printing Press Park. Log your impressions. A photograph is required of the plaque (NOT the sign) with you and/or your GPSr in the picture.

As a suggestion for your visit log, please make every effort to supply a brief-to-detailed note about your experience at the Waymark. If possible also include an image that was taken when you visited the Waymark. Images can be of yourself, a personal Waymarking signature item or just one of general interest that would be of value to others. Sharing your experience helps promote Waymarking and provides a dynamic history of your adventures.