Riverfront Park on September 27, 2008
Milwaukie sits on the eastern bank of the Willamette River.
Riverfront Park on September 27, 2008
Milwaukie’s riverfront was once lined with lumber mills, grist mills and shingle mills.
Riverfront Park on September 27, 2008
A log dump survived here until the late 1990s.
Riverfront Park on September 27, 2008
The City of Milwaukie purchased the waterfront property and removed the remaining buildings in 2000.
Riverfront Park on September 27, 2008
Today the shore is occupied by Riverfront Park and boat launch.
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.
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
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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