PlacesPages: Old Site Index

This index lists all of the posts on this blog prior to October 2015. These posts consist of content I originally posted on my old website by May 2010. They are not listed in the order posted on the blog (which is approximately the order I posted them on my old website) but instead are organized the way they were on the old website. Future posts will not be added to this index.

Welcome to PlacesPages

This section consists of amateur travel guides to some of the places I've been. Some of these places are largely ignored by the tourism industry; others are well known, and I could never hope to adequately cover them, so there is what there is. Some of these are fairly railroad oriented, but I think they are interesting enough to stand on their own and are well worth a look. At any rate, enjoy, and send questions, comments or corrections to trainmasterwest@yahoo.com. Thank you.

There's more to Milwaukee than beer and baseball. Explore Milwaukee's East Side and the lakefront along Lake Michigan, including City Hall, Water Street and the Milwaukee School of Engineering.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1: City Hall
2: Statue of Solomon Juneau in Juneau Park
3: Milwaukee Art Museum Quadracci Pavilion
4: War Memorial Center
5: Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Veterans Park
6: Cathedral Square
7: Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist
8: U.S. Bank Tower
9: Gas Company Building
10: Marcus Center for the Performing Arts
11: Water Street Brewery
12: Water Street Building
13: Blatz Apartments
14: Trenkamp Flats
15: German-English Academy Building
16: MSOE Student Life & Campus Center
17: MSOE Alumni Partnership Center
18A: Allen-Bradley Hall of Science
18B: Fred F. Loock Engineering Center
19: MSOE Walter Schroeder Library
20: MSOE C-Building
21: MSOE Roy W. Johnson Hall
22: MSOE Regents Hall
23: MSOE Margaret Loock Hall
24: MSOE Rosenberg Hall
25: Amtrak Station (now Milwaukee Intermodal Station)

One of Oregon's two exceptional airplane museum, this is the home of "Aviator" Howard Hughes' famous Spruce Goose.

Evergreen Aviation Museum, McMinnville, Oregon
Hughes H-4 Hercules Flying Boat “The Spruce Goose”
McDonnell-Douglas F-15A Eagle
1903 Wright Flyer Replica
Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor Tin Goose
Boeing Stearman Model 75 Kaydet
Piper J3C-65 Cub
Douglas C-47 Skytrain
North American SNJ-4 Texan
Curtis-Wright A-22 Falcon
Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-10 Gustav
Supermarine Spitfire Mark XVI
Curtiss P-40N Warhawk
Lockheed P-38L Lightning
Goodyear FG-1D Corsair
North American P-51D Mustang
Convair F-102A Delta Dagger
Beechcraft Bonanza 35
Hughes Model 269A Osage
Pitts S-2B Special
General Motors TBM-3E Avenger
Mikoyan i Gurevich MiG-15 UTI Midget
Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star
Northrup T-38A Talon

Take a brief visit to the famous city by the bay, with the Golden Gate and Oakland Bay bridges, the iconic cable cars, Coit Tower, the TransAmerica Pyramid and Alcatraz Island.

San Francisco, California
Alcatraz Island
San Francisco Cable Cars
Coit Tower
TransAmerica Pyramid
Golden Gate Bridge
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge

The famous city of Chicago, as seen from the shore of Lake Michigan, with views of the Chicago skyline and Soldier Field.

Chicago, Illinois
Chicago Skyline
Adler Planetarium
Soldier Field

A quick look at North Dakota's "Magic City."

Minot, North Dakota
Old Soo Line Depot, Minot, ND
Amtrak Depot, Minot, ND
BNSF-CP Crossing, Minot, ND

Explore the area around the railroad station of what I like to call "Montana's biggest small town."

Havre, Montana
“Welcome to Havre” Sign, Havre, MT
Great Northern Locomotive #2584, Havre, MT
Hands Across the Border, Havre, MT
Railroad Depot, Havre, MT
Statue of James J. Hill in Havre
Trains in Havre, MT

Take a look at just a small part of the huge collection of locomotives and railroad cars of America's largest railroad museum.

Illinois Railway Museum, Union, Illinois
Illinois Central #201
Illinois Central #3719
Toledo-Detroit #16
Louisiana & Arkansas #99
Norfolk & Western #2050
Grand Trunk Western #6323
J. Neils Lumber Co. #5
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific (Milwaukee Road) #265
Chicago Surface Lines #4021
Chicago Transit Authority Cars
North Shore Line #604
North Shore Line #714
North Shore Line #251 & #757
North Shore Line Electroliner #801/802
Commonwealth Edison #4
Pennsylvania Railroad #4927
South Shore Line #803
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy #9911A Silver Pilot
Milwaukee Road #760
Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern #21
Commonwealth Edison #15
Grand Trunk Western #1951
Southern Pacific #1518
Illinois Terminal #1605
Toledo, Peoria & Western #400
Green Bay & Western #2407
Union Pacific #18
Union Pacific #6930
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe #92
Burlington Northern BN-1 and BN-2
Burlington Northern BN-3
Burlington Northern #5383
Union Pacific #900075
Union Pacific #907149
DOTX #3
Borden’s #520
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Nebraska Zephyr
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy #13572
Milwaukee Road #01984

The Burlington Northern Santa Fe's crossing of the Cascade Range, and Great Northern's crossing of the past, now the Iron Goat Trail. Featuring one of North America's longest tunnels and the story of the most deadly avalanche in history.

Stevens Pass, Washington
Discovery and Naming of Stevens Pass
Stevens Pass Today
Railroad Bridge over Highway 2
Skykomish, Washington
Skykomish Hotel
Skykomish Depot
Maloney Building, Skykomish
Great Northern Caboose X228
Trains In & Around Skykomish
Scenic, Washington
Iron Goat Trail
Milepost 1720
Twin Tunnels
Rock Cut
Milepost 1718
Corea
Martin Creek
Tunnel #14
Embro
Windy Point
Milepost 1713
Milepost 1712
Concrete Snowshed
Wellington
Switchbacks and the First Cascade Tunnel
Cascade Station
Bygone Byways Interpretive Trail
Berne, Washington
Tumwater Dam

John Jacob Astor's Gateway to the Northwest: the oldest settlement west of the Rockies and the birthplace of cable TV. Featuring the Astoria Column, the Astoria-Megler bridge over the Columbia River, the Columbia River Maritime Museum and more.

Astoria, Oregon
1: Fort Astoria
2: Clementine's Bed & Breakfast & Moose Lodge
3: Hiram Brown House
4: John Hobson House
5: Flavel House
6: Benjamin Young Inn
7: Astoria Inn
8: Franklin Street Station
9: Rosebriar Hotel
10: Uppertown Fire Station #2
11: Union Fisherman's Cooperative Net Loft
12: Heritage Museum
13: Clatsop County Courthouse & Jail
14: John Jacob Astor Hotel
15: Associated Building
16: Liberty Theatre
17: Stokes Building
18: Astoria Depot
19: Astoria Column
20: Soldier’s Monument
21: City Hall
22: Bank of Astoria
23: John Jacob Astor Elementary School
24: Astoria-Megler Bridge
25: Columbia River Maritime Museum
Battleship Oregon
5-Masted Schooner
Tourist No. 3
USS Gambier Bay
Lightship Columbia
Coast Guard Cutter Alert

A look at my hometown of Rainier, Oregon, one of Oregon's oldest towns, featuring a filming location for a major motion picture and an inspiration for The Simpsons.

Rainier, Oregon
1: Dibblee House
2: George Moeck House
3: Masonic Hall
4: Pharmacy Building
5: Ellis Block
6: United Methodist Church
7: State Bank of Rainier
8: Kliks Building
9: Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church
10: McKay Building
11: Rainier Elementary School
12: Odd Fellows Hall
13: Poetsch Building, Tucker Building & Lindeman Building
14: Bryant Building
15: Rainier Union High School
16: Rainier City Hall
17: Sammons Building
18: Old Post Office Building
19: U.S. Post Office
20: United States Gypsum Wallboard Plant
21: Veterans Memorial
22: Riverfront Park
23: Rainier Senior Center
24: Phone Booth
25: A Street Bridge
26: Fox Creek Footbridge
27: Rail Bridge 46.0
28: Nice Creek Viaduct
29: Lewis & Clark Bridge
History of Rainier by Mrs. Grace Reid

Robert A. Long's planned city and the birthplace of the state of Washington. Featuring the site of Washington's deadliest bridge collapse, the world's largest steam whistle and even a piece of Plymouth Rock.

Kelso & Longview, Washington
Early History of Kelso and Cowlitz County
1: Kelso Commons Park
2: Kelso Station
3: Allen Street Bridge
4: Peter Crawford-Cowlitz Way Bridge
5: Cowlitz County Hall of Justice
6: Kelso City Hall
History of Longview
7: Monticello Hotel
8: Robert A. Long Park
9: Longview Public Library
10: United States Post Office
11: Nutty Narrows Bridge
12: Longview City Hall
13: Lake Sacajawea
14: Columbia Theatre
15: Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Building
16: Rickles Building
17: F.W. Woolworth Building
18: Longview Theater
19: Totem Pole
20: Columbia River Mercantile Building
21: Big Four Building & Lumberman’s Bank Clock
22: “Big Benjamin” Steam Whistle
23: Title Building
24: Roxy Theater
25: St. John Medical Center
26: Sunken Garden
27: Willard Building
28: Monticello Medical Center
29: Y.M.C.A.
30: Sevier & Weed Building
31: Rutherglen Mansion
32: Washington Gas & Electric Building
33: Robert A. Long High School
34: Blackstone Building
35: Longview Fibre
36: Weyerhaeuser Timber Company
37: Lewis & Clark Bridge
38: Harry Morgan Bridge
39: Triangle Mall
40: Former Taco Bell
41: Chinese Village
42: Espresso Express

The oldest incorporated city west of the Mississippi River was the destination of the pioneers who traveled the Oregon Trail was the site of many firsts not only for the west but also for the United States and is a city full of history.

Oregon City, Oregon
1: Falls Vista Viewpoint
2: Francis Ermatinger House
3: Dr. John McLoughlin House
4: Dr. Forbes Barclay House
5: Mountain View Cemetery
6: River View Plaza
7: Willamette Falls Locks
8: Henry Weinhard Building
9: Andresen Building
10: Richard B. Petzold Building
11: Masonic Lodge
12: OK Barber Shop Building
13: Carnegie Center
14: Bank of Commerce Building
15: Willamette River Bridge
16: Fire Station
17: Elks Lodge
18: First Congregational Church
19: McCald Building
20: Clackamas County Courthouse
21: S.P.R.R. Undercrossing
22: Freight Depot
23: VFW/American Legion Hall
24: Blue Star Memorial Highway Marker
25: Andersen’s Gun Shop
26: Jacobs Memorial Square
27: Oregon City Municipal Elevator
28: George Abernethy Memorial Bridge
29: End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center
30: Amtrak Station

A look at the city of Lebanon, Oregon, which began as a pioneer settlement and is currently a city in transition.

Lebanon, Oregon
1: Ralston Square Park
2: Lebanon Pioneer Cemetery
3: Santiam School Park
4: Academy Square Park
5: Elkins Flour Mill
6: Andrews & Hackleman Building
7: John & Lottie Ralston House
8: Hiram Baker House
9: Courtney Block
10: Dr. Joel C. Booth House
11: Louis A. Crandall House
12: Santiam Travel Station
13: Scroggin Feed & Seed
14: Railroad Bridge
15: Magnetic Flagman Signal
16: Garland-Bach-Meyer Building
17: First National Bank of Lebanon
18: Lebanon Evangelical Church
19: First Presbyterian Church
20: Lebanon Hotel
21: Gem Theater
22: City Hall
23: Lebanon Creamery Company Building
24: Lebanon National Bank
25: Lebanon General Hospital
26: Kuhn Theatre
27: Weldwood & Lebanite Plants
28: Downing Building
29: Witcher Building
30: Elks Lodge
31: Park Theatre
32: Hasty Freez
33: Drive-In Restaurant
34: Lebanon Supermarket
35: Grant Street Bridge
36: Gill Landing
37: American Legion Flagpole
38: The River Center
39: Mural Park
40: Wal-Mart Supercenter

Take a tour of Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon, starting with the Great Oregon Steam-Up on August 4, 2007. This includes steam traction motors, antique tractors, classic cars, vintage fire trucks, railway equipment and trolleys.

Antique Powerland, Brooks, Oregon
Great Oregon Steam-Up 2007
Great Oregon Steam-Up 2008
Great Oregon Steam-Up 2009
Great Oregon Steam-Up 2010
Military Vehicles at the 2009 Great Oregon Steam-Up
Military Vehicles at the 2010 Great Oregon Steam-Up

Brooks Historical Society

Western Steam Fiends Association Steam-Powered Sawmill

Stationary Engines in the Hilands Building
Stationary Engines

Portable Steam Engines, Traction Engines & Tractors
J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company Traction Engines & Tractors
Russell & Company Traction Engines
Geiser Manufacturing Company Peerless Traction Engine
M. Rumely Company Traction Engines & Tractors
Aultman & Taylor Machinery Company Traction Engines & Tractors
Advance Traction Engine
Austin Manufacturing Company Steamroller
A. B. Farquhar Company Portable Steam Engine
Cockshutt Farm Equipment Co. Tractors
Minneapolis-Moline Tractor
Deere & Company Tractors
Holt Manufacturing Company Tractor
International Harvester Co. Tractors
Allis-Chalmers Tractor
Samson Iron Works Sieve-Grip Tractor
Heer Engine Company Tractor
Parrett Tractor
Porsche-Diesel Tractor
Lamborghini Tractor

Antique Caterpillar Machinery Museum
Caterpillar Origins
Early Gas Caterpillars
Road Graders
Diesel Caterpillars
Caterpillars 1934-WWII
Postwar Caterpillars

Oregon Electric Railway Museum
Portland Traction “Broadway Car” #813
New South Wales Government Tramways O-Class Tram #1187
Blackpool Corporation Tramways Tram #48
British Columbia Electric Railways Interurban Car #1304
Serviço de Transportes Colectivos do Porto Tram #210
Portland Street Railway Company "Council Crest Cars” #503 & #506
Portland Electric Power Company Interurban Car #1067
East Side Railway Snow Sweeper #1455
Los Angeles Railway H-Class Streetcar #1318
Hong Kong Tramways Tram #12
Mt. Hood Railway & Power Company Interurban Car #1191
Tacoma Railway & Power Company Streetcar #326
San Francisco Municipal Railway PCC Streetcars #1118 & #1159
San Francisco Municipal Railway Light Rail Vehicle #1213
Trolleybuses
Freight Motors
Diesel Locomotives
Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway Caboose #713
Portland General Electric Bull Run Flume Work Train
Misc. Railroad Equipment

Western Steam Fiends Railway Derrick SPMW #7020

Pacific Northwest Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society
Portland Terminal Railroad Alco S2 Diesel Locomotive #36
Southern Pacific Flanger #328
Jordan Spreader #4057

Oregon Fire Service Museum at the 2007 Great Oregon Steam-Up
Oregon Fire Service Museum at the 2008 Great Oregon Steam-Up
Oregon Fire Service Museum at the 2009 Great Oregon Steam-Up
Oregon Fire Service Museum at the 2010 Great Oregon Steam-Up

Northwest Vintage Car & Motorcycle Museum
Classic Cars at the 2007 Great Oregon Steam-Up
Classic Cars at the 2008 Great Oregon Steam-Up
Classic Motorcycles at the 2009 Great Oregon Steam-Up
Classic Cars at the 2009 Great Oregon Steam-Up
More Classic Cars at the 2009 Great Oregon Steam-Up
Northwest Vintage Car & Motorcycle Museum Building
Classic Cars
Motorcycles & Race Cars
Classic Cars at the 2010 Great Oregon Steam-Up

Pacific Northwest Truck Museum
White Trucks
Republic Trucks
Moreland Truck
Maxwell Trucks
Gersix & Kenworth Trucks
Reo Truck
GMC Truck
Samson Trucks
Doane Truck
Dearborn Truck
Federal Trucks
Klieber Truck
Mack Truck
Ford Trucks
Chevrolet Trucks
Dodge Trucks
Yellow-Knight Truck
Fageol & Peterbilt Trucks
Freightliner & Western Star Trucks
Diamond T Trucks
Autocar Trucks
International Truck
MacDonald Truck
Four Wheel Drive Truck
Oshkosh Truck
Murty Brothers Truck
Paymaster Truck
Miscellaneous Displays

Pacific Northwest Logging Museum

Willow Creek Railroad at the 2009 Great Oregon Steam-Up
Willow Creek Railroad at the 2010 Great Oregon Steam-Up

Oregon's historic capitol city has so much to offer it took FOUR PARTS to cover it all.

Salem, Oregon
1: Grier Building
2: Mission Mill Museum
2A: Jason Lee House
2B: Methodist Parsonage
2C: John Daniel Boon House
2D: Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Church
2E: Thomas Kay Woolen Mill.
2F: Marion County Historical Society
3: Waller Dam & Mill Race Park
4: Willamette University
4A: Waller Hall
4B: Lausanne Hall
4C: Gatke Hall
4D: Art Building
4E: Eaton Hall
4F: Smullin Hall
4G: Star Trees
4H: Truman Wesley Collins Legal Center
4I: Granite Erratic
4J: Town and Gown
4K: Hallie Ford Museum of Art
5: Lee Mission Cemetery
5 (continued): Diamond Square & Waller Vault
5 (continued): More Notable Graves
5 (continued): Large Monuments
6: Salem Pioneer Cemetery
7: Boon’s Treasury
8: A.C. Gilbert’s Discovery Village
8A: Andrew T. Gilbert House
8B: Rockenfield House
8C: Josiah L. Parrish House
8D: Little Gem Grocery
8E: Wilson-Durbin House
9: First United Methodist Church
10: Bush Pasture Park
11: Deepwood Estate (Dr. Luke A. Port House)
12: City View Cemetery
13: Thompson Public House
14: Justice Rossman House
15: Salem Heights Hall
16: Union Street Railroad Bridge
17: Salem Railroad Depot & Freight Depot
18: Elks Lodge
19: First Presbyterian Church
20: Bethel Baptist Church
21: First Congregational Church
22: First Christian Church
23: St. Joseph Parish of the Catholic Church
24: Willamette River Bridges

Historic Downtown Salem, OR
1: Burke Block
2: Umpqua Bank (Site of the Nesmith Building)
3: Salem Conference Center (Marion Hotel site)
4: 198 Commercial (Cox/Buren Building site)
5: Marion Car Rental & Park (Holman Building site)
6: Weber’s Bar & Scott’s Cycling
7: Ladd & Bush Bank
8: Anderson's Sports Building
9: Murphy Building
10: Pioneer Trust Bank
11: White & Sons Company Building
12: Catlin & Lynn Building
13: Meredith Building
14: Salvation Army Building
15: Smith & Wade Building
16: Catlin-Loose Building
17: Reuben P. Boise Building
18: Samuel A. Manning Building
19: D. A. White & Sons Warehouse
20: Durbin, Watkins-Dearborn & Alejandro’s Buildings
21: Capitol National Bank
22: Bush-Breyman Block
23: Bush & Brey Block & Annex
24: Breyman Brothers Block
25: Anderson Building
26: Starkey-McCully Block
27: South First National Bank Block
28: Eldridge-Greenbaum Building
29: England Block & England-Wade Building
30: Pearce Building
31: Enright-Halik Building & Steeves Building
32: New Breyman Building
33: Christopher Paulus Building
34: Kopper Kitchen & Offices
35: Steusloff Brothers Building
36: Electric Apartments & Yeater Building
37: Elfstrom & Eyre Department Store
38: First National Bank Building
39: Brewer Block
40: Moore Building & Skiff Block
41: H.L. Stiff Furniture Building
42: Adolph-Waters Building
43: Reed Opera House
44: McCornack Block Addition
45: Skiff Building
46: Hughes-Durbin Building
47: Engleberg Building
48: Eckerlan Building
49: Roth Company Building
50: McGilchrist Building
51: Bligh Hotel-Theater Site
52: Grey Belle Restaurant
53: Western Security Bank
54: Capitol Center
55: J.K. Gill Building & Adolph Block
56: Bayne Building
57: Farrar Building
58: Pomeroy Building
59: Gray Building
60: Quisenberry Pharmacy
61: Checks Cashed Building
62: Phoenix Grand Hotel (Salem Armory Site)
63: Crystal Garden Ballroom
64: Vick Building
65: J. Hughes New Salem Hotel
66: Elsinore Theater
67: Bligh Building
68: Capitol Theater Site
69: Hubbard Building
70: Kelly Services Building
71: Masonic Temple
72: Central Stage Terminal & Hotel
73: Odd Fellows Hall
74: Meyers & D’Arcy Buildings
75: T.G. Bligh Building
76: Arthur H. Moore Building

Government Buildings & Facilities in Salem, Oregon
1: Oregon State Capitol
1 Continued: Statuary Blocks & Inscriptions
1 Continued: Rotunda
1 Continued: Governor’s Ceremonial Office
1 Continued: Senate Chamber
1 Continued: House of Representatives Chamber
1 Continued: Additions & Miscellaneous
1A: Breyman Brothers Fountain
1B: Oregon Trail Marker
1C: The Circuit Rider Statue
1D: Liberty Bell Replica
1E: Statue of Dr. John McLoughlin
1F: Statue of Reverend Jason Lee
1G: Column Segments
1H: Gazebo
1I: Capitol Beaver Family
1J: A Parade of Animals
1K: Oregon Veterans Medal of Honor Memorial
1L: Walk of the Flags
2: Oregon Supreme Court Building
3: Justice Building
4: Commerce Building
5: Executive Building
6: Oregon State Library
7: Public Service Building
8: Department of Transportation Building
9: Labor and Industries Building
10: Capitol Mall
11: Waldo Park
12: Agriculture Building
13: Employment Building
14: Veterans’ Building
14A: World War I Memorial
14B: Spanish-American War Memorial
14C: Medal of Honor Memorial
14D: Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial
14E: Korean War Memorial
14F: Afghan-Iraqi Freedom Memorial
15: State Archive Building
16: State Lands Building
17: North Capitol Mall Office Building
18: Stiff-Jarmin House
19: Perry House
20: Ford House
21: Huntington House
22: Irwin House
23: Adolphson House
24: McGilchrist House
25: Mahonia Hall
26: Oregon State Penitentiary
27: Oregon State Hospital – Cascade Hall
27 (Continued): Dome Building
27 (Continued): Steiner’s Chimney
27 (Continued): Salem Rehabilitation Facility
27 (Continued): Santiam Hall
27 (Continued): McKenzie Hall
27 (Continued): Eola Hall
28: Fairview Training Center
28 (Continued): LeBreton Cottage
28 (Continued): Chamberlain Cottage
28 (Continued): Withycombe Cottage
28 (Continued): Kozer Cottage
28 (Continued): Smith Cottage
28 (Continued): Painters’ Hall
28 (Continued): Carpentry Shop
28 (Continued): Sawdust Building
28 (Continued): Root House
28 (Continued): Greenhouses
28 (Continued): LEED Platinum House
29: Oregon School for the Blind
30: Marion County Courthouse
31: Courthouse Square
32: Old Salem City Hall Site
33: Carnegie Public Library
34: Vern W. Miller Civic Center - Salem City Hall
34 (Continued): Mirror Pond
34 (Continued): Peace Plaza
34 (Continued): Salem Public Library
34 (Continued): Salem Central Fire Station
35: Riverfront Park
35 (Continued): Salem’s Riverfront Carousel
35 (Continued): Eco-Earth Globe
36: Garfield School
37: McKinley School
38: Salem Heights School
39: J. L. Parrish Middle School
40: North Salem High School

Miscellaneous Sites in Salem, OR
1: Boise Cascade Mill
2: Southern Pacific Railroad Undercrossing
3: Oregon Electric - A-Line Safety Committee Sign
4: Salem Y.M.C.A.
5: Salem Hospital - Center Street Campus
6: Salem Hospital - Winter Street Campus
7: Meier & Frank/Macy’s
8: J. C. Penney’s
9: Nordstrom/Salem Center Mall
10: Mervyn’s/Kohl’s
11: Movieland
12: Marion Square Parkade
13: Liberty Plaza
14: Equitable Center
15: Mill Race Plaza
16: Prudential Building
17: Spinnaker Pointe
18: Spinnaker Place
19: Salmon Run
20: Don Pedro's Time Mexican & American Food
21: Rock-n-Rogers 50’s Diner
22: Lefty’s
23: O.K. Tires (North Salem)
24: O.K. Tires (South Salem)
25: Campbell Communications Company
26: RC Cola/7-Up Bottling Company
27: Union 76 Station
28: South Salem Drive In
29: Southern Pacific Grade Crossing Signal
30: Coffee In Motion
31: Key Bank – Candalaria Branch

It may not be as famous as the larger Wisconsin city for which it is named, but the Portland suburb of Milwaukie, Oregon has a lot of history, including the distinction of being the birthplace of the Bing Cherry and the first steamboat built on the Pacific Coast.

Milwaukie, Oregon
1: Milwaukie Museum
2: Broetje House
3: Kellogg Creek Dam
4: Willamette River Railroad Bridge
5: First State Bank of Milwaukie Building
6: Murphy-Schindler Building
7: Grocery Building
8: Milwaukie Masonic Lodge
9: Milwaukie High School
10: Milwaukie Junior High School
11: Milwaukie City Hall
12: Riverfront Park
13: Milwaukie Cinema
14: Lacey’s Bomber Restaurant
15: Ledding Library & Scott Park
16: St. John the Baptist Catholic Church
17: Saint Stephans Serbian Orthodox Church
18: Dogwood Park
19: Milwaukie Historical Mural
20: Jackson Street Mural
21: Peake Funeral Chapel 9/11 Monument

A look at the end of the Oregon Trail and the county seat of what was once the largest county in the United States.

The Dalles, Oregon
1: Rorick House
2: Fort Dalles Museum
3: First Wasco County Courthouse
4: Colonel N.H. Gates House
5: U.S. Mint
6: Robert Pentland House
7: Henry Herbring House
8: Edward H. French House
9: Waldron Drug Store
10: Columbia Brewery
11: Ben Snipes House
12: Colonel Nicholas B. Sinnott House
13: Sunshine Biscuit Company
14: Skibbe Hotel
15: The Dalles Iron Works
16: Booth House
17: Klein House
18: Lusher House
19: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
20: Baldwin Saloon
21: Chinese Building
22: Isabella Gray House
23: Caleb Thornbury House
24: Charles Schmidt House
25: Curtis House
26: Zimmerman House
27: French & Company Bank
28: Pioneer Building
29: Pacific Telephone & Telegraph
30: Second Wasco County Courthouse
31: Moody House
32: Egbert House
33: Helen Baker House
34: Carlisle House
35: John L. Thompson House
36: Vogt Opera House
37: McDaniel Building
38: Oaks Hotel
39: Mary Morehouse House
40: Condon House
41: Obarr House
42: Homer Baker Residence
43: St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church
44: 1895 Edward F. Sharp Estate Home
45: 1898 Edward F. Sharp Estate Home
46: 1905 Edward F. Sharp Estate Home
47: Captain William Polk Gray House
48: Wilkinson House
49: The Dalles City Park
50: Stadelman Building
51: The Dalles City Hall
52: Court Street Apartments
53: Elks Temple
54: Lemke Building
55: Edward C. Pease Department Store
56: Stadelman-Bonn Building
57: Foley House
58: Mrs. Monahan's Boarding House
59: Carnegie Library
60: Seufert House
61: Achilles S. Esson House
62: Wasco County Courthouse
63: J.C. Penney
64: Schanno Building
65: United States Post Office
66: Odd Fellows Hall
67: Great Southern Railroad Depot
68: Hudson House
69: Methodist Parsonage
70: Mattie Phelps House
71: Sovereign Grace Baptist Church
72: The Dalles Garage
73: War Memorial Civic Auditorium
74: Vogt Hall
75: St. Peter’s Rectory
76: Bonn House
77: Bonn Duplex
78: Hamilton Hospital
79: Colonel Wright Elementary School
80: Bank Hotel
81: Granada Theatre
82: United States National Bank of Oregon
83: First Congregational Church
84: Chamber of Commerce
85: The Dalles High School
86: Sorosis Park
87: Thompson Park
88: The Dalles Bridge
89: The Dalles Dam
90: Oregon Motor Motel Sign
91: Portland Newspaper Strike Advertisement
92: Columbia Recreation Lanes
93: City Transportation Center
94: Kelly View Point

A look at Hood River, Oregon's historic downtown.

Hood River, Oregon
1: Masonic Lodge No. 105 A.F. & A.M.
2: Brosius Building
3: Hotel Waucoma
4: Ezra L. Smith Building
5: Keir Medical Building
6: Davidson Building
7: Odd Fellows Hall
8: Hood River Banking & Trust Company
9: Spaulding Laundry
10: Eliot Building
11: Blowers Building
12: Hall Building
13: First National Bank of Hood River
14: Heilbronner Block
15: Otten Building
16: Hood River Depot
17: First Congregational Church
18: Hood River County Library
19: Sproat Building
20: Hood River Hotel
21: LaFrance Building
22: Hood River Garage
23: Highway Auto Company
24: City Hall
25: DeWitt Motors
26: Snyder Building
27: Butler Bank
28: Hood River Bridge
29: Kelly Brothers Hardware
30: Yasui Brothers Mercantile
31: United States Post Office
32: Elks Lodge
33: Hood River County Court House
34: Richard Lance III Memorial
35: Hood River County History Museum
36: Overlook Memorial Park

A visit to the Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center Museum in Stevenson, Washington.

Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center Museum in Stevenson, Washington
Diesel Locomotive & Caboose
Outdoor Vehicles & Equipment
First Floor Exhibits
Grand Gallery Exhibits
Second Floor Exhibits

A tour of the various bridges over the lower Clackamas River.

Clackamas River Bridges
Dr. John McLoughlin Memorial Bridge
Portland Traction Company Bridge
82nd Drive/South Washington Street/Park Place Bridge
Former Railroad Bridges
Interstate 205 Bridges
Southern Pacific Railroad Bridge

A series of locations in Portland, Oregon.

Portland Places: Oaks Amusement Park

Portland Places: Willamette River Bridges
Oregon City Bridge
George Abernethy Memorial Bridge
Lake Oswego Railroad Bridge
Sellwood Bridge
Ross Island Bridge
Marquam Bridge
Hawthorne Bridge
Morrison Bridge
Burnside Bridge
Steel Bridge
Broadway Bridge
Fremont Bridge
BNSF Railway Bridge 5.1
St. Johns Bridge
Sauvie Island Bridge

Portland Places: Union Station

Portland Places: Golf Junction

Portland Places: South Waterfront & Aerial Tram

Portland Places: Hoyt Street Yard and the Lovejoy Columns

Portland Places: Brooklyn Roundhouse

Portland Places: Council Crest Park

Portland Places: Willamette Shore Trolley

Portland Places: Oregon Convention Center
Light Rail Trains & Station
Bell Circles
“The Dream” Statue
Expansion & Rain Garden
Foucault Pendulum & Dragon Boat

Portland Places: Pioneer Courthouse Square
Portland’s Pioneer Courthouse
Animals in Pools at Portland’s Pioneer Courthouse
Site of the Portland Hotel
Pioneer Courthouse Square
MAX Light Rail at Pioneer Courthouse Square
Buildings Around Pioneer Courthouse Square

Portland Places: Tom McCall Waterfront Park
John Yeon Building
Battleship Oregon Memorial Marine Park
Tom McCall Waterfront Park
Oregon Maritime Center & Museum
Salmon Street Springs
United States Merchant Marine Memorial
Japanese-American Historical Plaza & Bill of Rights Memorial
Friendship Circle
Portland Police Memorial
Portland Saturday Market & Bill Naito Legacy Fountain
Portland Spirit
Historic Front Avenue
Made in Oregon Sign
Portland Fire & Rescue Central Fire Station
Mill Ends Park

Portland Places: Ankeny Square & the Skidmore Fountain
Historic Old Town Buildings
MAX Light Rail at Ankeny Square

Portland Places: Belmont Firehouse
Avalon Theatre

Portland Places: Albers Mill

Portland Places: Washington Park
Lewis & Clark Memorial
Sacajawea & Jean-Baptiste
Chiming Fountain
Coming of the White Man
Oregon Holocaust Memorial
Reservoirs
International Rose Test Garden
Portland Japanese Garden
The Strolling Pond Garden & The Tea Garden
The Natural Garden
Rose Garden Children’s Park
Elephant House Picnic Shelter
Washington Park & Zoo Railway Station
Oregon Zoo
Great Northwest Exhibit
Trillium Creek Family Farm
Pacific Shores Exhibit
Primates & Fragile Forests Exhibits
Inland Pigs of Asia Exhibit
Asian Elephant Exhibit
Predators of the Serengeti Exhibit
Africa Savanna & Rain Forest Exhibits
Lorikeet Landing
Insect Zoo
Les AuCoin Plaza
World Forestry Center Discovery Museum
Portland Children’s Museum
Hoyt Arboretum
Oregon Vietnam Veterans Living Memorial

Portland Places: South Park Blocks
1: Simon Benson Memorial
2: Shemanski Fountain
3: Roosevelt Hotel
4: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
5: Antoinette Hatfield Hall
6: First Congregational Church
7: Abraham Lincoln Statue
8: Theodore Roosevelt, Rough Rider
9: Great Plank Road Marker
10: Portland Art Museum
11: Oregon Historical Society
12: Sovereign Hotel
13: Peace Chant
14: St. James Lutheran Church
15: Sixth Church of Christ Scientist
16: First Christian Church
17: Ladd Carriage House
18: Memorial Tree & In the Shadow of the Elm
19: Portland Streetcar Line
20: Lincoln Hall
21: Farewell to Orpheus
22: Simon Benson House
23: Hōlon
24: Shattuck Hall
25: South Park Blocks Playground

Portland Places: Plaza Blocks
Elk Fountain
Lownsdale Square
Chapman Square
Terry D. Schrunk Plaza
Portland City Hall
Portland Building
Portland Transit Mall
Multnomah County Courthouse
Standard Insurance Center
Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Federal Courthouse
Justice Center

Portland Places: Portland’s Tallest Buildings
Wells Fargo Center
U.S. Bancorp Tower
KOIN Center

Portland Places: Keller Auditorium
Ira C. Keller Forecourt Fountain
Portland Plaza
200 Market Building
Church of St. Michael the Archangel

Portland Places: Portland Firefighters Park

Portland Places: PGE Park
Multnomah Athletic Club
Stadium Branch - United States National Bank
The Oregonian Printing Press Building

These features don't really fit into the Places section so they are here in their own section. That said, they just might be the most interesting things on the site. Enjoy!

Read about my long-distance drives across America, in a 1991 Dodge Dynasty. Featuring the mountains of Montana, winter storms, a lost muffler and the rising cost of gasoline.

An American Journey
Preparations
Westbound
Westbound (Part 2)
At Home
Eastbound
The Return Home
Epilogue

The USS Missouri is now on display in Hawaii, but before it made its last trip, it stopped in Astoria, Oregon, and I was there.

Last Voyage of the USS Missouri

The last days of the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant in Rainier, Oregon, including the implosion of the cooling tower on May 21, 2006.

Trojan in Twilight
History
Views from the Kalama Sportsmen’s Club
View from Graham Road at Highway 30
Views along U.S. Highway 30
Trojan Artwork
Trojan Grounds
Main Entrance
Visitors Information Center
Reflection Lake
Visitor Viewing Platform
Heliport
Visitors Information Center Parking Lot
Flagpole Spotlights
Driveway
Trojan Park Recreation Lake
Training Building
Training Building Parking Lot
Trojan Park
Main Gate
Administration Building
Administration Building Parking Lot
Security Entrance
Trojan Central
Turbine Building
Cooling Tower
Cooling Tower Implosion Preparation
Cooling Tower Implosion
Epilogue

The Healing Field, in memory of the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and the members of the Armed Forced who have lost their lives fighting the War on Terror, as seen at Salem, Oregon's Riverfront Park on September 10, 2006.

Flags of Honor

A new memorial in honor of those who have fought in Afghanistan and Iraq as part of the War on Terror was unveiled on Veterans Day, November 11, 2006, in Salem, Oregon. This page features pictures and VIDEO of the unveiling.

Unveiling the Afghan-Iraqi Freedom Memorial

A. C. Gilbert set several world's records, won an Olympic gold medal, obtained 150 patents, and even saved Christmas, and yet he has largely been forgotten. Here is the story of this great American and his achievements.

The Life & Times of A.C. Gilbert

DOUBLE FEATURE! See World War II bombers on display in Aurora, Oregon and the ships of the 2007 Rose Festival in Portland, Oregon.

Wings of Freedom
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
B-17G Nose
B-17G Flight Deck
B-17G Bomb Bay
B-17G Radio Room
B-17G Ball Turret
B-17G Waist Guns
B-17G Tail Gun
B-17G Landing Gear
Consolidated B-24J Liberator
B-24J Tail Gun
B-24J Waist Guns
B-24J Ball Turret
B-24J Bomb Bay
B-24J Radio Compartment & Cockpit
B-24J Nose
B-24J Landing Gear
North American B-25J Mitchell
B-25J Bombardier’s Station
B-25J Flight Deck
B-25J Bomb Bay
B-25J Waist Guns
B-25J Tail Gun
2007 Rose Festival Fleet
USS Mobile Bay (CG-53) & USS Bunker Hill (CG-52)
USS Howard (DDG-83), USS Vandegrift (FFG-48) and HMCS Vancouver (FFH 331)
HMCS Saskatoon (MM 709), HMCS Brandon (MM 710) and HMCS Nanaimo (MM 702)
USCGC Henry Blake (WLM-563) & USCGC Sockeye (WPB-87337)
USCGC Active (WMEC-618)
Sternwheeler Portland
Hawaiian Chieftain, Lady Washington and Portland Spirit

See the ships of the 2008 Rose Festival and the floats of the Grand Floral Parade in Portland, Oregon.

Pictures of snow in the Portland area in 2008 and early 2009.

2008 Portland Snow: Part 1–January 28, 2008
2008 Portland Snow: Part 2–December 14, 2008
2008 Portland Snow: Part 3–December 20-21 2008
2008 Portland Snow: Part 4–December 22, 2008
2008 Portland Snow: Part 5–December 24, 2008
2008 Portland Snow: Part 6–December 27, 2008
2008 Portland Snow: Part 7–January 25, 2009
2008 Portland Snow: Part 8–January 27, 2009

See the ships of the 2009 Rose Festival and the floats of the Grand Floral Parade in Portland, Oregon.

2009 Rose Festival
USS Shoup (DDG-86)
HMCS Algonquin (DDG 283)
HMCS Nanaimo (MM 702) & HMCS Whitehorse (MM 705)
USCGC Henry Blake (WLM-563) & USCGC Bluebell (WLI-313)
USCGC Fir (WLB-213) & USCGC Tern (WPB-87343)
Sternwheeler Portland
PT-658
Other Boats
Grand Floral Parade Floats

Other Parades & Events

I originally posted the car pictures from these parades in the Car Show Picture section of my old website. I have included all of the pictures from these events here.

1996 Rainier Days in the Park Parade
1996 Rainier Days in the Park

1997 Rainier Days in the Park Parade

1998 Rainier Days in the Park Parade

1999 Clatskanie Heritage Days Parade

1999 Rainier Days in the Park Parade

2000 Rainier Days in the Park Parade

2006 Rainier Days in the Park Parade
2006 Rainier Days in the Park Parade (Part 2)
2006 Rainier Days in the Park Carnival

2007 Rainier Days in the Park Parade
2007 Rainier Days in the Park Parade (Part 2)
2007 Rainier Days in the Park Parade (Part 3)
2007 Rainier Days in the Park Logging Show