Plan of Portland : F.W. Pettygrove and Benj. Stark Jr. proprietors. [1845]

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Plan of Portland : F.W. Pettygrove and Benj. Stark Jr. proprietors. [1845]

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1 ms. map on 2 sheets : photocopy ; 36 x 58 cm.

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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Pettygrove, Francis W., 1812-1887

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Stark, Benjamin, 1820-1898

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Benjamin Stark was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on June 26, 1820, and attended school in New London, Connecticut. In 1845 he sailed for Oregon, where he purchased an interest in a Portland land claim. Later he entered a New York business partnership to ship merchandise to California during the gold rush. When the New York parent company went bankrupt, Stark was only able to salvage his Portland property. In 1850 he moved to Portland and married Elizabeth Molthrop in 1854. He was appointed to c...