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Portland

Place Type
inhabited place
Description
Located in NW Oregon on Willamette River; named for Portland, Maine; thrived in latter 19th cen. as supply center for gold rushes and for immigrants on Oregon trail, then as lumber & rail center.
Authority
Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Source
Canby, Historic Places (1984); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-); USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988);

Born

Hamilton Peter Aaris (American, 1906-1973)

Harold Allen (American, 1912-1998)

Herman Bohlman (American, 1872-1943)

Walter Chappell (American, 1925-2000)

Imogen Cunningham (American, 1883-1976)

Virginia Darce (American, 1910-1985)

Richard Huntington Davis (American, 1931-2001)

Matthew Dennison (American, born 1961)

Richard Diebenkorn (American, 1922-1993)

Garth Edwards (American, born ca. 1951)

Scott D. Engel (American, born 1948)

Byron Gardner (American, 1930-1992)

Paul Georges (American, 1923-2002)

Chad E. Gierlich (American, born 1971)

George D. Green (American, 1943-2020)

Richard Gruetter (American, active United States and Spain, born 1950)

James Lewis Haseltine (American, 1924-2013)

Maury Haseltine (American, 1925-1998)

Victor Jorgensen (American, 1913-1994)

LaVerne Erickson Krause (American, 1924-1987)

Cynthia Lahti (American, born 1963)

Catherine Mackenzie (American, 1896-1960)

John Monti (American, born 1957)

Carol Riley (American, born 1946)

Tad Savinar (American, born 1950)

Scott Sonniksen (American, born 1945)

Hap Tivey (American, born 1947)

Terry Toedtemeier (American, 1947-2008)

Carrie Mae Weems (American, born 1953)

Dorothy Gilbert Wilson (American, 1889-1988)

Active

Patrick Abbey (American, born 1971)

Bobby Abrahamson (American, born 1966)

Hugh Ackroyd (American, 1913-2012)

John Acurso (American, born 1950)

Maud Ainsworth (American, 1874-1962)

Jody Ake (American, born 1970)

Dyann Alkire (American, 1948-2020)

Jules Altfas (American, active 20th century)

Holly Andres (American, born 1977)

Mark Andres (American, born 1959)

Angelus Studio (American, active early 20th century)

Corey Arnold (American, born 1976)

Atelier Mars (American)

Dan Attoe (American, born 1975)

Amante Aune (American, born Norway, active 1891-1893)

Darrel Austin (American, 1907-1994)

Jay Backstrand (American, born 1934)

Philip Bard (German, active United States, born 1949)

Mark Barnes (American, born 1954)

Avantika Bawa (Indian American, born 1973)

John C. Beckman (American, born 1919)

Bell's Studio, Portland, Oregon (American, active early 20th century)

Chris Bennett (American, born 1975)

Ray Bidegain (American, born 1959)

Christine Bourdette (American, born 1952)

Chris Boyer (American, active 20th century)

Jonathan Brand (American, 1933-2023)

Bonnie Bronson (American, 1940-1990)

Kristin Broten (American, born 1964)

Joseph Buchtel (American, 1830-1884)

Hannah Piper Burns (American, born 1984)

Benjamin Buswell (American, born 1974)

Nancy Butler (American, born 1960)

C. Elmore Grove Studio (American, active 20th century)

Cal Calvert (American, active 1906-1930)

C. Herald Campbell (American, born Canada, 1911-2009)

Ed Carpenter (American, born 1946)

John Casburn (American, active 20th century)

Phillip Charette (American and Yup'ik, born 1962)

Vicky Chase (American, active late 20th century)

Adrain Chesser (American, born 1965)

Clyde Van Cleve (American, born 1933)

John E. Clifford (American, born 1943)

Nancy Coffelt (American, active 20th century)

Bill Colby (American, born 1927)

Robert Colescott (American, 1925-2009)

Anne Connell (American, born 1959)

Judy Cooke (American, born 1940)

Jonnel Covault (American, born 1954)

Ron Cronin (American, born 1945)

Arthur B. Cross (American, active early 20th century)

Lew Crutcher (American, active 20th century)

Paul Dahlquist (American, 1929-2019)

Davies Studio (American, established ca. 1894)

Dorothy Dehn (American, 1939-2008)

Edward L. Dimmitt (American, 1881-1963)

Russell Dodd (American, born 1951)

Betty Dodson (American, 1941-2014)

Roger Dorband (American, born 1944)

Inga Dubay (American, born 1934)

Suzanne Duryea (American, born 1947)

David Eckard (American, born 1964)

Ty Ennis (American, born 1981)

Donald Erceg (American, born 1939)

Eleanor H. Erskine (American, born 1959)

Tom Fawkes (American, born 1941)

Robert Feasley (American, born 1926)

Anna Fidler (American, born 1973)

Kevin G. Fletcher (American, born 1956)

Douglas Frank (American, born 1948)

Kiuzo Furuya (American, born Japan, 1888-1929)

Paul Fyfield (American, active late 20th century)

Sophie George (American and Wasco, active 20th century)

Benjamin Gifford (American, 1859-1936)

Barbara Gilson (American, born 1956)

Emily Ginsburg (American, born 1964)

Al Goldsby (American, born 1930)

Cie Goulet (American, born 1940)

Ken Gray (American, active 20th century)

Jennifer Guske (American, born 1950)

MK Guth (American, born 1963)

Sally Haley (American, 1908-2007)

Bruce Hall (American, born 1953)

Jo Hamilton (Scottish, active United States, born 1972)

Sam Hamilton (New Zealander, active United States, born 1984)

Hazel C. Hanson (American, active 20th century)

Susan Harlan (American, active 20th century)

Stewart A. Harvey (American, born 1943)

Stephen Hayes (American, born 1955)

James Hibbard (American, born 1936)

Craig Hickman (American, born 1948)

Henry L. Hillman (American, born 1951)

Janet Louvau Holt (American, born 1929)

Sarah Horowitz (American, born 1977)

Ann Hughes (American, born 1948)

Jessica Jackson Hutchins (American, born 1971)

Diane Jacobs (American and Jewish, born 1966)

Keith Jellum (American, born 1939)

Malia Jensen (American, born 1966)

George Johanson (American, 1928-2022)

Dale Jones (American, born 1951)

Shelley Jordon (American, born 1954)

Mary Josephson (American, born 1953)

Albert Jourdan (American, active 1920s-1950s)

Alda Jourdan (American, 1889-1962)

Edis Jurcys (Lithuanian, active United States, born 1957)

Mel Katz (American, born 1932)

Tom Kearcher (American, born 1950)

Ann Kendellen (American, born 1954)

Michael Kenna (English, active United States, born 1953)

Kristan Kennedy (American, born 1972)

Selby Key (American, active 20th century)

Leonard Buell Kimbrell (American, 1922-2013)

Michael Knutson (American, born 1951)

Dianne Kornberg (American, born 1945)

Michihiro Kosuge (American, 1943-2021)

Roger Kukes (American, born 1944)

Stephen Leflar (American, born 1945)

Margarita Leon (American, born Venezuela, born 1957)

Ellen Lesperance (American, born 1971)

Stu Levy (American, born 1948)

Marianne Gold Littman (American, born Austria, 1907-1999)

Finn Lynggaard (Danish, 1930-2011)

Allen Maertz (American, born 1951)

Mark Mahaffey (American, active 20th century)

Rae Pomeranz Mahaffey (American, born 1954)

Kathleen Malan-Thompson (American, born 1953)

V. Maldonado (American, born Mexico, born 1976)

Brenda Mallory (American and Cherokee, born 1955)

Julia Mangold (American, born Germany, born 1966)

Liz Mapelli (American, active 20th century)

Marjorie McDonald (American, 1898-1995)

Jack McLarty (American, 1919-2011)

R. Tim Miller (American, active 20th century)

Hilda Morris (American, 1911-1991)

Virginia Nelson (American, active 20th century)

Northrup Studio (American, active Portland, Oregon, 1909-1925)

Othniel Oomittuk (Inupiaq and American, born 1963)

Thomas Orr (American, born 1945)

Kim Osgood (American, born 1955)

Robert Palladino (American, 1932-2016)

Henk Pander (American, born Netherlands, 1937-2023)

Lucinda Parker (American, born 1942)

Eunice Jensen Parsons (American, born 1916)

Albert Patecky (American, 1906-1994)

Portland Press (American, established 1992)

Jack Portland (American, born 1946)

David Potter (American, born 1961)

Věra Prášilova (American, born Czech Republic, 1899-1996)

Shawn Records (American, born 1972)

Wendy Red Star (American and Apsa'alooke, born 1981)

Jim Riswold (American, born 1957)

Greg Robinson (Chinook and American, born 1957)

Rich Rollins (American, born 1953)

Catherine Rondthaler (American, born 1962)

David Rosenak (American, born 1957)

Mark Rothko (American, born Russia, 1903-1970)

Nelson Sandgren (American, born Canada, 1917-2006)

Howard Sands (American, active ca. 1920-1940)

Tessa Sayers (American and Anishinaabe, born 1990)

Edward Sewall (American, 1905-2000)

Howard Stoyell Sewall (American, 1899-1975)

Isaka Shamsud-Din (African American, born 1940)

Brian Shannon (American, born 1962)

Ann Shiogi (American, active 20th century)

Jake Shivery (American, born 1971)

Sara Siestreem (Hanis Coos, American, born 1976)

Rex Silvernail (American, 1941-2013)

Camille Solyagua (American, born 1959)

Karen Story (American, active 20th century)

Eric Stotik (American, born 1963)

Angelita Surmon (American, born 1950)

Sarah Ellen Taylor (American, born 1970)

Jefferson Tester (American, 1900-1972)

Margot Voorhies Thompson (American, born 1948)

Terry Thompson (American, born 1947)

Melinda Thorsnes (American, born 1949)

Joanne Louise Tracy (American, active 21st century)

Mariana Tres (Argentinian, active United States, active second half of 20th century and early 21st century)

Lorenzo Triburgo (American, born 1980)

Wang Gongyi (Chinese, active United States, born 1946)

Greg Ware (Canadian, active United States, active 20th century)

Olin Levi Warner (American, 1844-1896)

Marie Watt (American and Seneca, born 1967)

Grace Weston (American, active 21st century)

Minor White (American, 1908-1976)

Terresa White (American, Yup'ik, and French Canadian, born 1968)

Carol Yarrow (American, 1947-2018)

Yonezawa Jirō (Japanese, active United States, born 1956)

Duane Zaloudek (American, born 1931)

Renée Zangara (American, born 1954)

Died

Dyann Alkire (American, 1948-2020)

Ray Atkeson (American, 1907-1990)

Lilian P. Bain (American, 1873-1949)

Rockwell W. Carey (American, 1882-1954)

John Marion Crook (American, 1857-1924)

Marie Louise Feldenheimer (American, 1894-1993)

William H. Givler (American, 1908-2000)

Frederick H. Heidel (American, 1915-2000)

Julia E. Hoffman (American, 1856-1934)

Willard C. Johnson (American, 1902-1990)

Leta Kennedy (American, 1895-1986)

Marian Wood Kolisch (American, 1920-2008)

Charles C. McKim (American, 1862-1939)

Carl Morris (American, 1911-1993)

Francis J. Newton (American, 1912-2004)

Craig Pozzi (American, 1942-2004)

C.S. Price (American, 1874-1950)

Albert C. Runquist (American, 1894-1971)

Arthur Runquist (American, 1891-1971)

Michele Russo (American, 1909-2004)

Amanda Snyder (American, 1894-1980)

John T. Trullinger (American, 1870-1960)

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