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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	Ringering, Gilbert	25 Nov 1979	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I50196
102	Geissel, Fred Henry	um 1980	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I197401
103	Jensen, Mary Elizabeth	14 Jan 1980	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I194814
104	Pudwill, Wilbur Joseph	18 Jan 1980	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I136274
105	Bachman, Edward	Feb 1981	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I101490
106	Beierle, Dorothea	Mrz 1981	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I95016
107	Brown, Lowell	Jan 1982	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I63503
108	Schnaible, Reuben	27 Jul 1982	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I87824
109	Grenz, Lydia Eva	21 Dez 1982	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I114447
110	Opp, Christina	Mai 1983	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I85953
111	Riehl, Emma Ethel	10 Jan 1984	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I227772
112	Schlichenmaier, Christian	14 Okt 1984	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I45275
113	Wagner, Mabel Christine	12 Dez 1984	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I135938
114	Bauer, Robert Henry	19 Jun 1985	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I12350
115	Sieler, Rosine	28 Nov 1985	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I79753
116	Wood, James George	29 Jan 1986	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I227777
117	Schnaible, Otto	22 Aug 1986	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I87807
118	Kluesner, Raymond Nic	6 Sep 1986	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I150346
119	Jeske, Otillia	12 Okt 1986	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I80310
120	Schlichenmaier, Henry	4 Jan 1987	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I45267
121	Agnew, John Evans	22 Jan 1987	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I10309
122	Preston, Jessie Lillian	Jun 1987	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I201663
123	Herrmann, Emma	Dez 1987	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I67047
124	Pudwill, Billie Kathryn	13 Dez 1987	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I136283
125	Immel, Frank	7 Feb 1988	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I124747
126	Gillworth, Agnes Erma	26 Mai 1988	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I23812
127	Harr, Henry F.	20 Sep 1988	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I89549
128	Riehl, Adele Christine	18 Okt 1988	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I227782
129	Mauch, William Jacob	18 Okt 1989	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I38127
130	Weisenburger, Oscar George	31 Okt 1989	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I89072
131	Wagner, Elmer	7 Mrz 1990	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I135940
132	Riehl, Emily - wife of	15 Apr 1991	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I227824
133	Harr, Lydia	3 Nov 1992	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I89532
134	Wagner, Elsie Dorothy	31 Okt 1993	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I135942
135	Becker, Bertha Claire	12 Dez 1994	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I94889
136	Wing, Cherri Ellen	23 Aug 1995	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I95236
137	Durham, Donald Lyle	Mrz 1996	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I112175
138	Payne, Edna Belle Lucille	19 Mrz 1998	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I227804
139	Zimpelman, John Edward	25 Aug 1998	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I215952
140	Brockel, Marjorie Eleanor	28 Okt 1998	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I64827
141	Ebel, Alexander Jr.	11 Jan 1999	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I271471
142	Walth, Dorothy	22 Mrz 1999	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I112591
143	Wahlman, Albert	12 Mai 1999	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I31064
144	Kellogg, Ralf Eugene	12 Jun 1999	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I91886
145	Haas, Violet Marcella	19 Sep 1999	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I119020
146	Sanstrom, Ellen Pauline	28 Jul 2000	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I92381
147	Hieb, Helmuth	16 Sep 2001	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I92881
148	Hoskins, Avis Thelma	12 Nov 2002	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I106674
149	Schaffer, Mathilda	7 Jan 2003	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I117317
150	Bliss, Albert L.	23 Jan 2003	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I95027

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