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 Grant Park - Portland, Oregon
N 45° 32.458 W 122° 37.835
10T E 528840 N 5043114
Named after President Ulysses S. Grant, this park offers numerous amenities for the whole family.
Waymark Code: WM997M
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 07/17/2010
Views: 10
From the Grant Park website ( visit link) -- "The park is named after Ulysses S. Grant who visited Portland three times, a rare thing for a president to do in the days before air travel - or even before standardized rail travel! Grant was first assigned to Fort Vancouver where he made friends with many of Portland's politicians. Grant Park was the setting for many scenes in children's books by Beverly Cleary. In 1991, a group of teachers, librarians, and business people formed the Friends of Henry & Ramona, and began to raise funds for the Beverly Cleary Sculpture Garden for Children. Portland artist Lee Hunt created life-sized bronze statues of three of Cleary's best-loved characters - Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Henry's dog Ribsy. Fountains were installed under Ramona's and Ribsy's feet for kids to splash in during warm weather. Scattered around the concrete fountain slab are granite plaques engraved with the titles of the Cleary books that take place in Portland - and a map of the neighborhood showing where events in the books "really happened." The Sculpture Garden was dedicated on October 13, 1995. Click here for more information."
Name: Grant Park
Street Location: NE 33rd Ave & US Grant Place
Local Municipality: Portland
State/Province, etc.: Oregon
Country: USA
Web Site: [Web Link]
Memorial/Commemoration: Ulysses S. Grant
Date Established: 1922
Picnic Facilities: Reservable picnic tables (call 503-823-2525).
Recreational Facilities:
Baseball field, basketball court, disabled access play area, football field, paved and unpaved paths, playground, soccer field, softball field, tennis court, and water play feature.
Art (murals/sculpture, etc.): Beverly Cleary Sculpture Garden (life-sized bronze statues of three of Cleary's best-loved characters - Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Henry's dog Ribsy).
Fountains: Water play fountain in Beverly Cleary Sculpture Garden.
Ponds/Lakes/Streams/Rivers/Beach: Beverly Cleary Fountain
Special Events: Pick up soccer MWF noon, Ultimat Frisbee Saturdays at 1:30
Traditional Geocaches:
None are physically located in the park (that we know of) but four dummies coordinates are (Ndominkung Suh, Puzzling cache, and aBeverly Cleary multi), as well as another in an island on the street to the south of the park.
Monuments/Statues: Not listed
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