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Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA

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Portland is the cultural hub, economic center, and largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers. According to the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, estimated to have reached 609,456 in 2013, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States. Approximately 2,314,554 people live in the Portland metropolitan area (MSA), the 19th most populated MSA in the United States.

Portland was incorporated in 1851 near the end of the Oregon Trail and is the county seat of Multnomah County. The city operates with a unique commission-based government guided by a mayor and four commissioners as well as Metro – the only directly elected metropolitan planning organization in the United States. The city government is renowned for its superior land-use planning and investment in public transportation. Portland is frequently recognized as one of the most environmentally conscious or "green" cities in the world because of its high walkability, large community of bicyclists, expansive network of public transportation options and 10,000+ acres of public parks.

Portland is located in the Willamette Valley region of the Pacific Northwest, between the Pacific Ocean and the Cascade Mountains, and its climate is marked by warm, dry summers as well as damp, cool-to-chilly winter days. This climate is ideal for growing roses. For more than a century, Portland has been known as the "City of Roses", with many rose gardens – most prominently the International Rose Test Garden. The city is also known for its abundant outdoor activities, liberal political values, and coffee and beer enthusiasm. Portland is home to the most total breweries and independent microbreweries of any city in the world, with 58 active breweries within city limits, as well as 600+ food carts and food trucks which contribute to the unofficial slogan "Keep Portland Weird".

History:

The land that is occupied today by Multnomah County was inhabited for centuries by two bands of Upper Chinook Indians. The Multnomah people settled on and around Sauvie Island, and the Cascades Indians settled along the Columbia Gorge. These groups fished and traded along the river and gathered berries, wapato, and other root vegetables. The nearby Tualatin Plains provided prime hunting grounds. The later settlement of Portland started as a spot known as either "Stumptown" or "the clearing", which was on the banks of the Willamette, located about halfway between Oregon City and Fort Vancouver. In 1843, William Overton saw great commercial potential for this land but lacked the funds required to file a land claim. He struck a bargain with his partner, Asa Lovejoy of Boston, Massachusetts: for 25¢, Overton would share his claim to the 640-acre (2.6 km2) site. Overton later sold his half of the claim to Francis W. Pettygrove of Portland, Maine. Pettygrove and Lovejoy each wished to name the new city after his respective home town. In 1845, this controversy was settled with a coin toss, which Pettygrove won in a series of two out of three tosses. The coin used for this decision, now known as the Portland Penny, is on display in the headquarters of the Oregon Historical Society.

At the time of its incorporation on February 8, 1851, Portland had over 800 inhabitants, a steam sawmill, a log cabin hotel, and a newspaper, the Weekly Oregonian. By 1879, the population had grown to 17,500. The city merged with Albina and East Portland in 1891, and annexed the cities of Linnton and St. Johns in 1915.

Portland's location, with access both to the Pacific Ocean via the Willamette and the Columbia rivers and to the agricultural Tualatin Valley via the "Great Plank Road" through a canyon in the West Hills (the route of current-day U.S. Route 26), gave it an advantage over nearby ports, and it grew very quickly. It remained the major port in the Pacific Northwest for much of the 19th century, until the 1890s, when Seattle's deepwater harbor was connected to the rest of the mainland by rail, affording an inland route without the treacherous navigation of the Columbia River.

The most common nickname for Portland is The City of Roses, the city's official nickname since 2003. Other nicknames include the City of Bridges, Stumptown, Bridgetown, Rip City, Little Beirut, Beervana or Beertown, P-Town, Soccer City USA, Portlandia, and the synecdoche PDX.

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	Nachname, Taufnamen	Tod		Personen-Kennung
101	Hieb, Hilda	Mai 1977	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I63502
102	Hieb, Helmuth	16 Sep 2001	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I92881
103	Hieb, Daniel	2 Okt 1938	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I54724
104	Herrmann, Emma	Dez 1987	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I67047
105	Herman, Edward	16 Nov 1959	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I119177
106	Harr, Lydia	3 Nov 1992	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I89532
107	Harr, Henry F.	20 Sep 1988	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I89549
108	Haas, Violet Marcella	19 Sep 1999	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I119020
109	Grün, Peter	20 Mai 1925	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I12909
110	Grün, Georg	16 Feb 1922	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I12906
111	Grenz, Lydia Eva	21 Dez 1982	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I114447
112	Grenz, Johann	26 Dez 1954	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I118587
113	Grenz, Bessie	6 Okt 1946	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I119311
114	Gottier, Eduard	19 Jan 1932	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I203363
115	Gillworth, John Henry	nach 1940	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I23986
116	Gillworth, Agnes Erma	26 Mai 1988	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I23812
117	Giese, Gottfried	3 Feb 1908	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I20617
118	Gessele, Rosina	17 Aug 1966	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I18060
119	Gessele, Heinrich Sr.	27 Feb 1969	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I18066
120	Gessele, Amelia	17 Aug 1966	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I18071
121	Geissel, Hilda Belle	um 1978	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I197403
122	Geissel, Fred Henry	um 1980	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I197401
123	Garwick, Elizabeth Amelia	25 Jun 1962	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I165415
124	Foster, Albert Thomas	13 Jun 1933	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I265099
125	Fischer, Violet	7 Mrz 2010	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I117626
126	Fischer, Magdalena	19 Apr 1959	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I270984
127	Fielding, William Bramley	29 Okt 1919	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I26333
128	Faust, Charles William Jr.	13 Jun 2003	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I52123
129	Ellis, Lorraine Opal	3 Mrz 2006	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I264133
130	Ebel, Alexander Jr.	11 Jan 1999	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I271471
131	Ebel, Alexander Sr.	18 Aug 1962	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I271475
132	Durham, Donald Lyle	Mrz 1996	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I112175
133	Drenkhahn, Eduard	Jan 1971	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I98542
134	Drake, Florence Alice	26 Sep 1951	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I201665
135	DeGroat, Dayton Charles	23 Mai 1955	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I199847
136	Clark, Nicholas Hastings Jackson	27 Dez 1978	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I271090
137	Brown, Wende Fae	12 Aug 1967	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I194388
138	Brown, Lowell	Jan 1982	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I63503
139	Brockel, Marjorie Eleanor	28 Okt 1998	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I64827
140	Braun, Sophia	23 Aug 1908	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I20519
141	Bonge, August	vor 1920	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I256275
142	Bollinger, Georg	6 Aug 1965	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I261872
143	Bliss, Albert L.	23 Jan 2003	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I95027
144	Blakkolb, Solomon Georg	2 Mrz 1977	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I35226
145	Bittner, Rosie	20 Jun 1967	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I63069
146	Bigger, Ardella V.	9 Nov 1975	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I218043
147	Berry, Grace Melvina	2 Mrz 1977	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I35279
148	Bentz, Ottilia	16 Jan 1971	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I50261
149	Beierle, Narcisse Cyril	7 Jul 1975	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I95255
150	Beierle, Dorothea	Mrz 1981	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I95016

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