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Welcome to
Positively Portland

Portland has an interesting past and a hopeful future. This book is written for Portland's third grade students but everyone is welcome. Do you know something interesting about Portland? Please add your own page!

Learn about Portland Portland Today You live in a very interesting city! How big is Portland? Who lives here? We have many bridges, neighborhoods, buildings and parks. History There are many interesting and curious stories about Portland. Native Americans lived here long before Portland began. Lewis and Clark camped here. The early days of Portland could be strange! Portland has had terrible disasters. People Many people helped make Portland. There were leaders, artists, entertainers, athletes, criminals, business people and more. And, of course, you! Geography The shape of Portland was made by volcanoes, erosion, floods and humans. Nature Learn about the animals and plants that live in our city. Schools Portland has more than 100 schools, colleges and universities, including yours. Many schools are named after important people. Write a page about your school. Strange (but true?) Strange and curious stories about Portland. About This Book This book is a resource for Portland's third grade students. Portland Public Schools does a unit on the subject but the only dedicated resource is now 32 years old. This book is loosely based on the above mentioned "Portland Our Community" resource with significant reorganization and added topics. It is not endorsed by PPS. The collaborative nature of Wikibooks makes it easy for students and classes to be co-authors of this book. Each section has a place for student work. Contributing to this book could be an excellent class project. Please Contribute! Adults: Your participation is essential. The goal of having this book ready for the 2017-18 school year could be easily made if most third grade teachers wrote about a single topic. We also need editors, fact checkers and translators. Community members are welcome, too. Please read the writers' guide before starting. Students and classes: Students and classes are invited to help write this book. Drawings, photos, videos, personal stories, assignments and more are welcome. Please read the student writers' guide.

Which name? Here are some of the names for our city: Portland In 1851 the name "Portland" was chosen for the new community near where the Columbia and Willamette rivers meet. It was almost named "Boston". Multnomah You can see a statue of Chief Multnomah in Washington Park. Long before there was Portland, this was the home of the Multnomah people. Multnomah County is named after them. Stumptown In the early days of Portland, the trees were cut down but many stumps were left in the ground since they were hard to remove. There were so many stumps that people would walk on them to avoid the mud. City of Roses This is the official nickname for Portland. Portlanders have grown and loved roses since the 1880s. Over 500,000 rose bushes were planted for the Lewis and Clark Exhibition in 1905. Some are still alive today. Bridgetown Tilikum Crossing is Portland's newest bridge. Portland has 15 bridges crossing the Willamette and Columbia Rivers. "Bridge-town" describes us! Rip City Portland Trail Blazers fans like to call us "Rip City," a name started when professional basketball came here. PDX "PDX" is the short code name for Portland's airport. It's a quick way to write our name. Portlandia "Portlandia" is the name of a famous statue at City Hall but became a nickname because of a TV show also called "Portlandia."

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Author(s):

Craig Hallman, Library Media Specialist, Scott School

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