Portland and Valley Plank Road Company records [manuscript], 1848-1852.

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Portland and Valley Plank Road Company records [manuscript], 1848-1852.

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Collection includes "Record of stock as subscribed," including a list of subscribers and amounts, Mar. 10, 1851; a written note of an appointment with Daniel H. Lownsdale "to view out a road," May 11, 1848; an appointment of commissioner of a new road; a promissory note to Thomas Carter out of new road funds, 1852; and copy of stock certificate, Aug. 15, 1851.

.01 cubic feet (1 folder)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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Portland and Valley Plank Road Company.

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Lownsdale, Daniel H., 1803-1862.

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Daniel H. Lownsdale (1803-1862) was one of the founders of Portland, Oregon. From the guide to the Daniel H. Lownsdale letter to Aaron E. Wait, February 1, 1853, (Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries) ...

King, William M., 1800-1869

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William M. King was a merchant, civic leader, and territorial legislator of Portland, Oregon. A native of Danbury, Connecticut, King was identified with a number of enterprises in the northeast, including the Pennsylvania extension of the Erie Canal and a sawmill at DeWitt, New York. He brought his family overland from Missouri to Oregon in 1848, settling at the new town site of Portland and starting a sawmill. He entered the mercantile business with various partners, including George Kittredge,...