PORTLAND 



the Federal building, the co. court 

 house, the observatory, t he .Masonic 

 I'uiltlinir, and the Sweat memorial 

 art building. The capacious har- 

 bour, across which is a fine bridge 

 connecting the city with South Port- 

 land, is defended by several forts. 

 The public parks system covers an 

 area of more than 100 acres. 



Quantities of grain, livestock, 

 etc., are exported, and among its 

 manufacturing establishments are 

 lumber mills, machinery and marine 

 engine works, and boot and shoe, 

 hat, furniture, paint, stove, and 

 boiler factories. The city has ship- 

 building yards, large grain ware- 

 houses, and is a fishing centre. 



The first settlement here was 

 made in 1633, the place being first 

 known by its Indian name of 

 Machigonne. Its early inhabitants 

 were troubled by Indian attacks, 



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'a zoological garden and about 350 

 acres of public parks. 



Portland has an extensive har- 

 bour, accessible by the largest ves- 

 sels, and carries on an important ex- 

 port trade in flour, grain, and lum- 

 ber. Its industrial establishments 

 include lumber and flour mills, 

 foundries and machine shops, iron- 

 works, and furniture, saddlery, 

 soap, candle, and paint factories. 

 There are also canning and meat- 

 packing houses. 



Portland was founded in 1845, 

 and as its founders came from 

 Maine they called it after Portland 

 there. In 1873 it was damaged by 

 fire, but it soon recovered. It had 

 been made a city in 1851, and in 

 1891 East Portland and Albinia 

 were added to it. In 1905 a great 

 exhibition was held here, in honour 

 of the visit of two explorers, Meri- 



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the English ships were watching 

 for him. Off Portland he attacked 

 some of them under Blake and 

 Deane, and the battle continued all 

 day, the rest of the English ships 

 coming up one by one to the fight. 

 Neither side secured any advan- 

 tage, but, owing to lack of ammu- 

 nition, Tromp was unable to renew 

 the fight on the following morning. 

 He therefore made haste home and 

 the battle resolved itself into a pur- 

 suit by the English. In this, al- 

 though many of his ships left him, 

 Tromp showed great skill in keep- 

 ing the pursuers at a distance. The 

 Dutch, however, lost heavily in 

 both warships and merchantmen 

 during the retreat. 



Portland, EARL AND DOKE OF. 

 English titles, the former' held by 

 the family of Weston and both by 

 that of Bentinck. Sir Jerome 



Portland, Maine. 



The town and harbour, showing in centre distance the two great grain elevators of the Grand Trunk 

 Rly. Across the harbour lies South Portland 



and in 1690, in conjunction with 

 the French, these foes destroyed 

 the settlement. In 1718, after 

 peace had been made with France, 

 settlers again made their homes 

 here, calling the place Falmouth. 

 The townsfolk took the side of the 

 colonists in the struggle for inde- 

 pendence, for which a British fleet 

 damaged their town in 1775. In 

 1786 the name Portland was given 

 to part of Falmouth and the 

 present municipality arose. It was 

 the capital of Maine from 1820-32. 

 Longfellow was born here and the 

 city has several mementoes of the 

 Longfellow and Wadsworth fami- 

 lies, some of them housed in the 

 poet's early home. In 1866 damage 

 estimated at 2,000,000 was done 

 by a fire that broke out during the 

 celebration of July 4. Pop. 69,300. 



Portland. Largest city of Ore- 

 gon, U.S.A., the co. seat of Mult- 

 nomah co. It stands at the con- 

 fluence of the Columbia and Willa- 

 mette rivers, 53 m. N. by E. of 

 Salem, and is served by the Great 

 Northern and other rlys., and by 

 ocean-going and coasting steamers. 

 The buildings include the city hall, 

 court house, art museum, and 

 public library. The Episcopal 

 cathedral is one of many churches. 

 Here is the medical department of 

 the state university. The city has 



wether Lewis and William Clark, 

 to this district a century before. 

 At the head of a small party, they 

 were the first white men to cross 

 the continent from south to north. 

 Pop. 258,000. 



Portland, BATTLE OF. Fought 

 between the English and the 

 Dutch, Feb. 18-20,' 1653. Tromp 

 wassailing home along the Channel, 

 convoying a merchant fleet, and 



Weston, an Essex landowner, had 

 a son Richard, who entered Parlia- 

 ment and was sent abroad on busi- 

 ness by Charles I. In 1628, being 

 in high favour with the king, he 

 was made lord high treasurer and 

 created Baron Weston. In 1633 

 he was advanced to the rank of 

 earl of Portland, and he held the 

 office of treasurer until his death, 

 March 13,1635. His three successors 



Portland, Oregon. General view of the town from the mountain side 



