Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Milwaukie #12: Riverfront Park

IMG_3744 Riverfront Park in Milwaukie, Oregon on September 27, 2008
Riverfront Park on September 27, 2008

Milwaukie sits on the eastern bank of the Willamette River.

IMG_3743 Riverfront Park in Milwaukie, Oregon on September 27, 2008
Riverfront Park on September 27, 2008

Milwaukie’s riverfront was once lined with lumber mills, grist mills and shingle mills.

IMG_3745 Riverfront Park in Milwaukie, Oregon on September 27, 2008
Riverfront Park on September 27, 2008

A log dump survived here until the late 1990s.

IMG_3746 Riverfront Park in Milwaukie, Oregon on September 27, 2008
Riverfront Park on September 27, 2008

The City of Milwaukie purchased the waterfront property and removed the remaining buildings in 2000.

IMG_3747 Riverfront Park in Milwaukie, Oregon on September 27, 2008
Riverfront Park on September 27, 2008

Today the shore is occupied by Riverfront Park and boat launch.

IMG_3742 Reverend Peter John DeSmet Monument at Riverfront Park in Milwaukie, Oregon on September 27, 2008
Reverend Peter John DeSmet Monument on September 27, 2008

Riverfront Park includes a monument that seems to predate the park itself by many years. This monument was placed by the Willamette Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1937 in honor of Reverend Peter John DeSmet, a Roman Catholic missionary pioneer in the Pacific Northwest.

IMG_3741 Reverend Peter John DeSmet Monument Plaque at Riverfront Park in Milwaukie, Oregon on September 27, 2008
Reverend Peter John DeSmet Plaque on September 27, 2008

THE REV. PETER JOHN DeSMET, S.J.
PEACE MAKER
1801 - 1873
NEAR THIS SPOT PASSED FATHER DeSMET,
JESUIT MISSIONARY TO THE INDIANS.
HIS LOVING FAITH AND BOUNDLESS COURAGE
HELPED ESTABLISH COURAGE
IN THE OREGON COUNTRY

WILLAMETTE CHAPTER D.A.R. 1937

IMG_3753 Trashcan at Riverfront Park in Milwaukie, Oregon on September 27, 2008
Trashcan at Riverfront Park on September 27, 2008

At the boat launch is this trashcan, which was donated by Chere M. Sandusky in April 1986 to honor her parents, Mr. & Mrs. Howard James Griffiths.

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