Mount Scott is a volcanic cinder cone with its summit in

Clackamas County Clackamas County ( ) is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 421,401, making it Oregon's third-most populous county. Its county seat is Oregon City. The county was named after the na ...

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. The summit rises to an elevation of . It is part of the Boring Lava Field, a zone of ancient volcanic activity in the area around

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, and was named for Harvey W. Scott, a 19th and 20th century editor of ''

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'' newspaper. who owned on the north and west slopes of the hill. Mt. Scott was home to a "perpetual"

cross burning In modern times, cross burning or cross lighting is a practice which is associated with the Ku Klux Klan. However, it was practiced long before the Klan's inception. Since the early 20th century, the Klan has burned crosses on hillsides as a way ...

by Oregon's Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s. Automotive parades of hooded Klan members were common in Southeast Portland. The mountain is developed, with most of its southern flank within the city of Happy Valley, Oregon. The

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is located on the northeastern slope of the mountain, which is partially in

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* Volcanoes of Oregon Mountains of Oregon Cinder cones of the United States Extinct volcanoes of the United States Volcanoes of Clackamas County, Oregon Volcanoes of Multnomah County, Oregon Mountains of Clackamas County, Oregon Landforms of Multnomah County, Oregon Pleistocene cinder cones Cascade Volcanoes {{MultnomahCountyOR-geo-stub