in 1843, tennesee drifter, william overton and boston lawyer, asa lovejoy were floating down the willamette river in a canoe when they came upon the beauty of the place we now call portland. they beached their canoe and they marveled at the beautiful mountains with the rich potential of the many trees. overton didn’t have the quarter to file a land claim, so he sold half of his 640-acre site to lovejoy for 25 cents. they began to clear the many trees, build roads and build the first buildings. after a while, overton decided to move on and sold his half of the share to francis pettygrove.portland got its name when asa lovejoy and francis pettygrove flipped a coin in 1845. lovejoy was from massachusetts and wanted to name the new settlement boston. pettygrove was from maine and wanted to name it portland. pettygrove won the coin toss two out of three times and the rest as they say is history. portland’s first post office opened in 1849, and the steam sawmill’s whistle could be heard at fort vancouver.
and walking through the rhododendron garden in henderson park [eugene] made me think of my research work on ruthadecaboronated compounds [more about my weekend this PM]
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