Great Plank Road Marker on February 15, 2010
At the south end of the same block as Theodore Roosevelt, Rough Rider is a marker placed by the Lang Syne Society in 1960 commemorating the Great Plank Road to the Tualatin Valley.
Great Plank Road Marker on February 15, 2010
The marker reads: "First planks for the canyon road connecting Portland with the rich Tualatin Valley were laid near this spot in September 1851. As a community effort it brought farm produce to our docks and established Portland as a port and market for the old Oregon Country."
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