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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	McDonald, Arabella	5 Sep 1940	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I2379
102	McGregor, William Howell	10 Jan 1973	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I227773
103	McIntyre, Austin Bithell	18 Mrz 1968	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I95026
104	Meidinger, Rosina	9 Mrz 1961	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I84420
105	Meth, Heinrich	4 Apr 1947	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I80184
106	Miles, Raymond	7 Aug 1999	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I279807
107	Moos, Rosalie	23 Mrz 2005	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I184018
108	Muntz, Pauline	6 Nov 1946	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I148000
109	Opp, Christina	Mai 1983	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I85953
110	Payne, Edna Belle Lucille	19 Mrz 1998	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I227804
111	Peil, George Raymond	7 Mrz 2003	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I275057
112	Peter, Gottlieb August	3 Okt 1956	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I6193
113	Peterson, Arthur Martin	21 Mrz 1957	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I219288
114	Popp, Nicholas	Datum unbekannt	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I11335
115	Powell, Verna Mae	6 Jul 1997	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I274778
116	Preston, Jessie Lillian	Jun 1987	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I201663
117	Pudwill, Billie Kathryn	13 Dez 1987	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I136283
118	Pudwill, Maria Genevieve - wife of	6 Apr 1970	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I136300
119	Pudwill, Theodore	6 Dez 1958	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I136297
120	Pudwill, Wilbur Joseph	18 Jan 1980	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I136274
121	Rau, John	13 Jan 1942	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I97114
122	Rennich, Friedrich	16 Apr 1949	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I172387
123	Riehl, Adele Christine	18 Okt 1988	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I227782
124	Riehl, Alfred Henry	12 Jul 1970	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I227825
125	Riehl, Emily - wife of	15 Apr 1991	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I227824
126	Riehl, Emma Ethel	10 Jan 1984	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I227772
127	Riehl, Ester Mary	26 Mai 1917	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I227784
128	Riehl, Gordon C.	10 Aug 2007	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I227827
129	Ringering, Gilbert	25 Nov 1979	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I50196
130	Roemmich, Edward	15 Nov 1962	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I17303
131	Sanstrom, Ellen Pauline	28 Jul 2000	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I92381
132	Sauer, David	Mrz 1966	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I18061
133	Schadler, Georgia Lynn	8 Aug 1995	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I284166
134	Schaffer, Mathilda	7 Jan 2003	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I117317
135	Schaumburg, Vance Allen	28 Jan 2013	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I218042
136	Schlichenmaier, Christian	14 Okt 1984	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I45275
137	Schlichenmaier, Friedrich	24 Jun 1966	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I45123
138	Schlichenmaier, Henry	4 Jan 1987	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I45267
139	Schlickenmeyer, Friedrich	24 Jun 1966	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I137066
140	Schmidt, Martha Maria	1949	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I129690
141	Schmiedt, Paul Harold	27 Mrz 1966	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I88145
142	Schnaible, Otto	22 Aug 1986	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I87807
143	Schnaible, Reuben	27 Jul 1982	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I87824
144	Schott, Madalina	14 Jan 1962	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I119178
145	Schwab, Joseph	18 Sep 1982	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I282858
146	Sieler, Rosine	28 Nov 1985	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I79753
147	Steele, Walter Howard	24 Okt 1974	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I35283
148	Steinhoff, Theodore Franklin	21 Mrz 1949	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I183175
149	Stoller, Jakob	9 Apr 1964	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I88473
150	Stoller, Rosina	24 Aug 1937	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA	I158786

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