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Main City Park
Main City Park is a public park in Gresham, Oregon. Features By 2014, the park had an off-leash dog area and surveillance cameras. Main City Park also has a baseball field. File:Gresham, Oregon (2021) - 058.jpg, Entrance from the Springwater Corridor File:Gresham, Oregon (2021) - 030.jpg, Baseball field, 2021 SkatePark in Main City Park, Gresham, Oregon.jpg, Skatepark, 2010 Gresham Japanese Garden on Tsuru Island Main City Park houses the volunteer-led Gresham Japanese Garden on Tsuru Island. File:Gresham, Oregon (2021) - 038.jpg File:Gresham, Oregon (2021) - 044.jpg File:Gresham, Oregon (2021) - 046.jpg Heroes Memorial The Heroes Memorial is installed in the park's northwest corner. File:Gresham, Oregon (2021) - 083.jpg File:Gresham, Oregon (2021) - 085.jpg File:Gresham, Oregon (2021) - 084.jpg Ebetsu Plaza Ebetsu Plaza is a public plaza between the Springwater Corridor The Springwater Corridor Trail is a bicycle and pedestrian rail trail in the Portland metro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gresham, Oregon
Gresham ( ) is a city located in Multnomah County, Oregon, in the United States of America, immediately east of Portland, Oregon. It is considered a suburb within the Greater Portland Metropolitan area. Though it began as a settlement in the mid-1800s, it was not officially incorporated as a city until 1905; it was named after Walter Quintin Gresham, the American Civil War general and United States Secretary of State. The city's early economy was sustained largely by farming, and by the mid-20th century the city experienced a population boom, growing from 4,000 residents to over 10,000 between 1960 and 1970. The population was 105,594 at the 2010 census, making Gresham the fourth largest city in Oregon. History The area now known as Gresham was first settled in 1851 by brothers Jackson and James Powell, who claimed land under the Donation Land Claim Act of 1850. They were soon joined by other pioneer families, and the area came to be known as Powell's Valley. In 1884, a local ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Oregonian
''The Oregonian'' is a daily newspaper based in Portland, Oregon, United States, owned by Advance Publications. It is the oldest continuously published newspaper on the U.S. west coast, founded as a weekly by Thomas J. Dryer on December 4, 1850, and published daily since 1861. It is the largest newspaper in Oregon and the second largest in the Pacific Northwest by circulation. It is one of the few newspapers with a statewide focus in the United States. The Sunday edition is published under the title ''The Sunday Oregonian''. The regular edition was published under the title ''The Morning Oregonian'' from 1861 until 1937. ''The Oregonian'' received the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, the only gold medal annually awarded by the organization. The paper's staff or individual writers have received seven other Pulitzer Prizes, most recently the award for Editorial Writing in 2014. ''The Oregonian'' is home-delivered throughout Multnomah, Washington, Clackamas, and Yamhill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Outlook (Gresham)
''The Outlook'' is a newspaper published in Gresham, Oregon, a suburb of Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon. It was founded in 1911,Newspapers Published in Oregon ''''. Retrieved July 31, 2012. and is currently owned by the . It was named the ''Gresham Outlook'' from 1911 to 1991 and was published by H. L. St. Clair, who incorporated the business as the Outlook Publishing Company in 1917. The paper was renamed simply ''The Outlook'' in 1991. The paper was pur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pamplin Media Group
The Pamplin Media Group (PMG) is a media conglomerate owned by Robert B. Pamplin, Jr. and operating primarily in the Portland metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of 2019, the company owns 25 newspapers and employs 200 people. History The ''Portland Tribune'' newspaper, founded by Pamplin in 2001, is the largest newspaper in the group. PMG also includes a group of newspapers formerly known as Community Newspapers, Incorporated, serving the Portland area. Most of them are published once a week. The company launched the ''Hillsboro Tribune'' in September 2012. As of 2009, it owned newspapers in Multnomah, Washington, Clackamas, and Columbia counties. On January 8, 2013, it bought five newspapers from Eagle Newspapers, Inc. in the Portland area (''Canby Herald'', ''Wilsonville Spokesman'', ''Molalla Pioneer'', ''The Newberg Graphic'', and the ''Woodburn Independent''), along with ''The Madras Pioneer'' in Central Oregon. In June 2013, it also purchased the ''Central ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baseball Field
A baseball field, also called a ball field or baseball diamond, is the field upon which the game of baseball is played. The term can also be used as a metonym for a baseball park. The term sandlot is sometimes used, although this usually refers to less organized venues for activities like sandlot ball. Specifications :''Unless otherwise noted, the specifications discussed in this section refer to those described within the Official Baseball Rules, under which Major League Baseball is played.'' The starting point for much of the action on the field is home plate (officially "home base"), a five-sided slab of white rubber. One side is long, the two adjacent sides are . The remaining two sides are approximately and set at a right angle. The plate is set into the ground so that its surface is level with the field. The corner of home plate where the two 11-inch sides meet at a right angle is at one corner of a square. The other three corners of the square, in counterclockwise or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KOIN
Koin or KOIN may refer to: * KOIN, a TV station in Portland, Oregon * Koin, Guinea Koin, Guinea (Pular: 𞤂𞤫𞤧-𞤯𞤢𞤤ðž¤ðž¥…𞤪𞤫 𞤑𞤮𞤴ðž¤ðž¤²) is a town and sub-prefecture in the Tougué Prefecture in the Labé Region of northern-central Guinea. The town A town is a human settlement. Towns ... See also * Koine (other) {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Springwater Corridor
The Springwater Corridor Trail is a bicycle and pedestrian rail trail in the Portland metropolitan area in Oregon, United States. It follows a former railway line from Boring through Gresham to Portland, where it ends south of the Eastbank Esplanade. Most of the corridor, about long, consists of paved, off-street trail, though about overlaps city streets in Portland's Sellwood neighborhood. A large segment roughly follows the course of Johnson Creek and crosses it on bridges many times. Much of the corridor was acquired by the City of Portland in 1990; remaining segments were acquired by Metro thereafter. The trail is part of the Portland area's 40-Mile Loop trail system. It connects to many adjacent or nearby parks, including Tideman Johnson Natural Area, Powell Butte, and others. History The Springwater Division rail line was named for a planned connection to Springwater, Oregon. The Portland Traction Company operated rail service from Portland to Boring from 1903 un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skatepark
A skatepark, or skate park, is a purpose-built recreational environment made for skateboarding, BMX, scootering, wheelchairs, and aggressive inline skating. A skatepark may contain half-pipes, handrails, funboxes, vert ramps, stairsets, quarter pipes, ledges, spine transfers, pyramids, banked ramps, full pipes, pools, bowls, snake runs, and any number of other objects. History The first skatepark in the world, Surf City, opened for business at 5140 E. Speedway in Tucson, Arizona on September 3, 1965. Patti McGee, Women's National Champion, attended the grand opening. The park had concrete ramps and was operated by Arizona Surf City Enterprises, Inc. A skatepark for skateboarders and skaters made of plywood ramps on a half-acre lot in Kelso, Washington, USA opened in April 1966. It was lighted for night use. California's first skatepark, the Carlsbad Skatepark opened on March 3, 1976. The World Skateboard Championships were held here on April 10, 1977. It operated un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
