December 28, 2002
Local History Lesson
While perusing the City Auditor's website for contact information, I came across the Portland Timeline, which was put together for last year's celebration of the city's 150th birthday:
The Timeline is a chronicle of events and actions in the history of city government and the Portland community. It includes milestones of City programs; events that affected the growth and development of the City; people and organizations which have served citizens; and events such as wars, fires, and floods that have affected life in Portland.
The timeline includes links to history pages on the web sites of individual bureaus and programs where more detailed information can be found concerning specific functions.
It looks relatively impressive, at least from the perspective of someone like myself who hasn't yet begun delving into the various books on Portland history he's been spotting online and in local bookstores. This site's overview looks like a decent place to start.
Comments (1)
Jack Bogdanski on 28 Dec 2002
A very nice find! Thank you!