Lake OswegoFifteen thousand years ago, the Missoula floods roared out of the Columbia River Gorge and sculpted a lakebed out of an old river channel. In 1847, Albert Durham built a home and mill at the lake's outlet, calling the area Oswego. In the 1860s, iron ore mined from the surrounding hills gave rise to the hope that Oswego would become the "Pittsburgh of the West." Two decades after its hillsides had been logged and the iron industry failed, the city reinvented itself as an elegant streetcar suburb of Portland, a place where people could live where they played. Oswego Lake's shores were soon lined with picturesque homes, and pleasure boats and water-skiers roamed its waters. Arcadia's Images of America: Lake Oswego chronicles the town's bucolic beginnings, industrial heyday, and successful repurposing from a community based on resource extraction to one of Oregon's most beautiful towns, renamed Lake Oswego after a 1960 merger with nearby Lake Grove. |
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It was not until 1960, when Oswego merged with Lake Grove, a community at the
west end of the lake, that it took the name Lake Oswego to honor both
communities. The lake, once commonly called Sucker Lake, occasionally called
Lake ...
It was not until 1960, when Oswego merged with Lake Grove, a community at the
west end of the lake, that it took the name Lake Oswego to honor both
communities. The lake, once commonly called Sucker Lake, occasionally called
Lake ...
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Despite initial development forays at the lake's west end, however, buyers were
reluctant to commit to living in what was then an area remote from good roads. So
in 1913, a system of scenic boulevards was laid out in what was called the ...
Despite initial development forays at the lake's west end, however, buyers were
reluctant to commit to living in what was then an area remote from good roads. So
in 1913, a system of scenic boulevards was laid out in what was called the ...
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Other residents of the town are restricted to two public water parks, one at the
lake's east end, and one at the west end. Nonresidents are not allowed on the
lake, except as a guest of a shareholder or other Oswego resident. In the 1940s,
water ...
Other residents of the town are restricted to two public water parks, one at the
lake's east end, and one at the west end. Nonresidents are not allowed on the
lake, except as a guest of a shareholder or other Oswego resident. In the 1940s,
water ...
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He had high hopes for Oswego, with its location at the end of a waterbased route
he hoped would capture the rich ... that year, Portland financiers began their
plans to transform Oswego into what they hoped would be a Pittsburgh of the
West.
He had high hopes for Oswego, with its location at the end of a waterbased route
he hoped would capture the rich ... that year, Portland financiers began their
plans to transform Oswego into what they hoped would be a Pittsburgh of the
West.
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... a horsedrawn railway that followed the alignment of the notyetbuilt canal, then
onto a scow running the length of the lake, and finally portaged to Oswego
Landing. There it would be loaded onto riverboats. LIFE AT THE LAKE'S WEST
END.
... a horsedrawn railway that followed the alignment of the notyetbuilt canal, then
onto a scow running the length of the lake, and finally portaged to Oswego
Landing. There it would be loaded onto riverboats. LIFE AT THE LAKE'S WEST
END.
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Three TOWN AND COUNTRY LIVE ON THROUGH BOOM | |
Four THE LAKE INSPIRES A NEW VENTURE | |
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Author’s collection Bickner boathouse boating concession Boones Ferry building built buyers canoes cement plant charcoal Country Club District COVERED BRIDGE developers DON SCHOLLANDER Durham early Elk Rock furnace stack Glenmorrie Grange Hall hunt club industry Iron and Steel iron furnace Iron Mountain Jantzen KRUSE FARM Ladd Lake Corp Lake Grove Lake Grove area Lake Oswego Corporation Lake Oswego Country Lake Oswego Public lake’s east end Lakewood Bay Lakewood Center land Leonard Streets looking north lumber Marylhurst McVey Avenue neighborhood OLD TOWN OSWEGO Oregon City Oswego Country Club Oswego Creek Oswego Lake Oswego Public Library Oswego residents Oswego Water Paul Murphy photograph shows pig iron pipe foundry platted Portland rail line real estate River Road seen smelting South Oswego South Town style Sucker Creek Swim Park train trestle Tualatin River Water Festival water ski west end WILLAMETTE METEORITE Willamette River Willamette Shore Trolley wooden dams workers
Bibliográfiai információk
| Cím | Lake Oswego Images of America |
| Szerző | Laura O. Foster |
| Kiadó | Arcadia Publishing, 2009 |
| ISBN | 1439623317, 9781439623312 |
| Terjedelem | 128 oldal |
| Idézet exportálása | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |