Making Room for Roses: the 1911 Relocation of the Multnomah County Poor Farm
From 1868 to 1911, the Multnomah County Poor Farm off Canyon Road in the Tualatin Hills housed indigent and sick residents of Portland and surrounding areas. In 1911, county officials relocated the Poor Farm from the West Hills flanking Portland to the far eastern portion of the county. Subsequently...
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PDXScholar
2018
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| Online Access: | https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/4355 https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5374&context=open_access_etds |