FIRST - Paper Mill In Pacific Northwest - Oregon City, Oregon
Posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS
N 45° 21.120 W 122° 36.853
10T E 530218 N 5022126
Historical marker at a roadside view point of the Willamette Fall in Oregon City giving a brief history of the town and some of its firsts.
Waymark Code: WM64BX
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 03/31/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member kJfishman
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Oregon History

Oregon City - Once known as Willamette Falls - was early the site of an Indian salmon fishing village.  The falls furnished the power for a lumber mill which began operations in 1842, a flour mill in 1844, a woolen mill in 1864 and the first paper mill in the Pacific Northwest in 1867.  The first long distance commercial electric power transmission in the United States was from Oregon city to Portland in 1889.

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Date of FIRST: 01/01/1867

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