Historic Willamette Neighborhood Walking Tour

he Willamette neighborhood encompasses the area south of I-205 from the recycling center to the Tualatin River as well as North Willamette (north of I-205 and west of Tannler Drive). Residents and T business people in the area are invited to become involved in the Willamette Neighborhood Association. The Willamette Neighborhood Association’s monthly meetings are held at Willamette Primary School, 7-9 pm, during the school year. The West Linn Tidings and the West Linn Update list upcoming meetings. See the city web site at www.ci.west-linn.or.us for the minutes of the most recent meeting. The neighborhood association is a forum for people to learn about what is going on in their community and to work together to make the community a better place. The city council and planning © 2008 commission notify the neighborhood association of issues that may effect Willamette. Representatives of various city departments frequently attend meetings, as do developers who present their proposals and hear community input. Members of the Willamette Neighborhood Association are also involved in community projects such as the Walking Tour Brochure, the West Linn Old Time Fair Parade and the Willamette Project. The purpose of the Willamette Project is to promote and beautify the historic commercial area. Community members, local businesses, the neighborhood association and the city of West Linn cooperate on this project. Since 1997, residents and community groups have “adopted” their own main-street-corner planters for upkeep. Donations by community members provided for benches on the corners. Work on improved medians began in 2008 as part of the Willamette Centennial Celebration. Additional beautiﬁ cation plans are in the works. toric Contact the Willamette Neighborhood Association to ﬁ nd out how you can His become more involved in your community. [email protected] eighborhood Willamette N est Linn, Oregon In the summer months, West Linn Merchants coordinate the popular “Taste of W Tuesday,” an evening farmers market featuring local produce, art and music. © 2008 © 2008

WalWkinaglk iNngE WNE CWO VCEORV.EinRd.din d 1d 1 7/8/70/88 / 0 182 : 0122::3062 :P3M6 PM njoy historical tidbits about turn-of-the-century architecture, residents and life-style on this house-by-house tour. Descriptions are E numbered to correspond with numbers on the map inside. There are many other examples of ﬁ ne historic architecture in this area. We encourage you to explore the streets and avenues beyond our map. Houses are included on the Walking Tour as information is available. If you have further information on the history of any of the homes on the tour or other buildings in the neighborhood please contact the Willamette < Neighborhood To Salem Association (willamette 205 neighborhood @gmail.com). The tour also N includes some of To Oregon City >

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trees of interest, h t 9 0 th as well as 1 he town of Willamette is located on a Native American trail Dollar S 10th S identifying trees t which ran south from Willamette Falls, an important gathering place t ive St for many tribes. The Clowewalla tribe lived in a village on the West

that have been 8th Ave lls Dr h planted as part t Linn side of the falls, and while we know of no Native American 6 T amette 13thFa S of the City of 1 Will 5th Ave villages within the boundaries of Willamette, it is likely that groups of Native

12th S 1 West Linn’s Street 1th St Americans camped here when they came to the falls to ﬁ sh and to trade. t 15th St Ave Trees program. 6th The ﬁ rst European Americans and Canadians to view the Willamette area t were trappers who traveled up the Willamette Valley in the early 1800s. 5th Ave e 1 Settlers began arriving in the area in the late 1830s while the Oregon Territory 4th St h Av 4t was still under joint occupancy by Britain and the United States.

Av Three of these early settlers were Marshall Perrin, who arrived in 1842, Tualatin tin Ambrose Fields, 1847, and his son Joseph Fields, 1849. The original plat maps River ala u for Willamette show it located on parts of their land claims which were formal- T ized in 1850 under the Donation Land Claim Act. Willamettek Par Most of the two Fields’ land claims were sold in the 1880s to the Oregon Iron and Steel Company, which harvested timber to fuel its smelter opera- tion in Lake Oswego. The Perrin claim passed through a succession of owners, er e ventually being p urchased by B.F. Baker in 1885. Riv continues >

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Walking NEW pages 2-23.indd 21 7/8/08 12:05:432 PM > history continued In 1888 Willamette Falls Electric Company was formed to produce power at the falls and transmit it to Portland. This company, forerunner of Portland General Electric, purchased many of Oregon Iron’s properties. In 1893, when they established the town of Willamette for its employees, the fi nal piece of land was purchased from B.F. Baker with the under- The Willamette Meteorite as it was being moved from Willamette. The meteorite standing that 12th was displayed at the 1905 Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition in Portland. Street would run down to the river and allow residents easy access to the docks. See Tour Guide Map on pages 12–15. © 2008 In 1894 the Willamette Margaret Capen Merilainen, 1914. Taken from the Falls Railway began Meteorite replica. In 1902 traveled to Oregon City by street front yard of the Capen home with Willamette School operating an electric a fi fteen-ton meteorite was car to attend services. in the background. See No. 22 on the tour. trolley line between found on a Willamette farm Willamette and a 1 by Ellis Hughes and William 3 1665 Willamette Falls Dr. s tation near the falls. Following the current path of Willamette Falls Drive, Dale. It is the sixth largest in Craftsman Bungalow. it provided transportation for a fi ve-cent fare. An extension to the Tualatin the world! Hughes hauled it 4 1593 Willamette Falls Dr. River allowed cordwood fl oated down the Tualatin to be transported to the onto his property and charged paper mill at the falls. Victorian Cottage, 1910. 25 cents to see it. The actual Extensively remodeled with By 1895 expectations were running high for the new town of Willamette Falls. meteorite (10 feet 3.5 inches additions in 2003. The Capen Shoe factory, operated by electric power, was considered a model long) is now in the American for additional industries which were expected to locate here. This growth Museum of Natural History in 5 1511 Willamette Falls Dr. never happened, and Willamette soon settled into its small-town identity. New York, NY. An interpretive Arts & Crafts Aesthetic-period display depicting the history of Craftsman, 1925. By 1905 many of the houses in the neighborhood were complete. Dirt roads the meteor is located in Fields and board sidewalks outlined the town. Most houses had fences—not because Bridge Park. 6 1578 16th St. Cottage of boundary disputes, but because livestock was not required to be corralled Bungalow, 1916. and cows roamed freely. 2 1683 Willamette Falls Dr. Methodist Church. 1908. Built 7 1514 6th Ave. Early Willamette was not formally incorporated until 1908. Shortly thereafter, by volunteer labor under the Craftsman, 1906. Albert and a typhoid epidemic was tracked to a contaminated town-water supply, and Mary Bernert lived here when Willamette’s need for clean water led to its annexation to West Linn in 1916. direction of Reverend Blackwell. Before the one-story church they were fi rst married. was built, church-going families

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Walking NEW pages 2-23.indd 43 7/8/08 12:05:443 PM Collection Church Methodist United Willamette Esther Gross Betts Collection Methodist Church dedication, 1909. See No. 2 on the tour. Patricia, Guy and Minnie Gross, ca late 1920’s. See No. 14 on the tour.

8 1611 6th Ave. Craftsman 13 1706 6th Ave. Bungalow, ca 16 1492 13th St. Queen Anne 18 1818 6th Ave. Queen Anne Bungalow, 1911. Built by Ed 1928. Built by Charlie Frenzel. Vernacular, ca 1897. Mass Vernacular, ca 1900. Originally Gross. Ed and Laura’s children Next to this lot was Willamette’s Residence, named for Ernest built for Great-grandma Dollar. were born here. ﬁ rst water tank. Water was Mass, the county sheriff for The Dollars were one of the pumped from springs at the 20 years. In 1925, tenants Dr. early families in the area. 9 1630 6th Ave. Sears Kit House, park. Some years later the and Mrs. Silverman practiced ca 1935. The Sears catalog used spring was contaminated and an medicine and ran a teahouse. 19 1830 6th Ave. Queen Anne to sell pre-cut house kits that epidemic of typhoid fever began. stick, ca 1895. Known as the were delivered by rail. Assembly As a result, Willamette was 17 1819 6th Ave. Bungalow, ca Jones-Fromong Residence. Andy by a Sears crew was optional. annexed to West Linn to receive 1902. Built for F.S. Howell. Was Fromong, an early owner, lived city water. an All-electric PGE Show Home here many years and was the 10 1658 6th Ave. Bungalow, 1927. in the 1920s. Willamette trolley motorman. Built for the Oldenstadts. 14 1731 6th Ave. Queen Andy’s name is written in the Anne Stick, ca 1895. Logan BB 1819 6th Ave. London Plane sidewalk in front of the house. 11 1677 6th Ave. Bungalow, ca Tree. Platanus acerifolia. A 1918. Residence. Longtime owner Minnie Gross bought this house magniﬁ cent older specimen of a 20 1831 6th Ave. Queen Anne 12 1697 6th Ave. Bungalow, 1912. from Harry Berdine in 1912. London plane tree. Bill Buckles Vernacular, ca 1904. Sadie E. Ed Gross built this house for remembered when his mother, White house. Smith and Ida Turner. 15 1780 6th Ave. Queen Anne Tempest Buckles, ordered an elm Stick, East Lake, ca 1898. Built tree. That tree, planted in the CC 1831 6th Ave. Three Big Leaf Maples. AA 1697 6th Ave. Horse Chestnut. for Buckles. Elligsen purchased 1940s, grew into this spectacular A esculus hippocastanum. it in 1900. Only original London plane tree. Possibly planted by the Gross remaining two-story horse barn family in the 1920s. is in back. Featured in Country Living Magazine, Oct. 1990.

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21 1847 6th Ave. Queen Anne Wooden fences were built to Vernacular, ca 1900. Dorothy protect the children during The Joseph H. Ralston House, ca 1910. See No. 30 on the tour. A. Losey House. recess from cattle that ran loose. Each child was allotted a small 22 1870 6th Ave. Bungalow, ca plot of land to raise a garden. In GG 1882 5th Ave. White for statehood. Frozen Assets was 1907. Frank Capen, who owned 1936, this school was torn down Paperbark Birch. ﬁ lmed here in 1991. the Capen Shoe Factory, was the and a larger one built. It burned original owner. down in 1949 and the present 28 1872 5th Ave. Queen Anne HH 1831 5th Ave. Oregon Myrtle school was built. Stick, ca 1898. I.W. Moser was or California Bay. Umbellularia 23 1883 6th Ave. Queen Anne the original owner. californica. Conrad Zimmerman Vernacular, ca 1900. Known as EE Willamette School. Big Leaf (a former owner) and his father, the Kinney Residence. Kinney Maples. 29 1847 5th Ave. Queen Anne William Kaiser, traveled to bought the lot in 1895 for a one- Stick, ca 1897. Walden Coquille, Oregon, in 1918 to dollar gold coin. 26 1883 5th Ave. Bungalow, ca Residence, named for work on a construction project. 1921. Nicholas 0. Walden, who 24 1892 6th Ave. Queen Anne Both men were taken with the was instrumental in the early beauty of the myrtle tree, and on Vernacular, ca 1905. Anne 27 1882 5th Ave. Queen Anne development and platting of Downey House. Charles Boots, Stick, ca 1895. G.A. Harding their return to the Willamette Willamette. The house was later area, they carried with them the foreman of the Capen Residence. Original siding was rented to Ellery Capen, owner of Shoe Factory, owned this shiplap. s everal seedlings of these the Capen Shoe Co., located at Southern Oregon coast natives. house. Willamette Falls Drive and 12th FF 1882 5th Ave. Black Locust. Street. 31 1822 5th Ave. Queen Anne DD 1892 6th Ave. Japanese Robinia pseudoacacia. A mature Maple. specimen can be viewed in the Stick, ca 1899. Charles A. 30 1831 5th Ave. Queen Anne Miller House. Sold to the Baker right side yard behind a large Stick, ca 1895. Original owner 25 1403 12th Street. Willamette birch tree. Probably planted family. Later owner Edwin School. The original Willamette was Joseph H. Ralston. His Woodworth was principal at when the house was built in uncle Joseph R. Ralston was School, built in 1896 on land 1895. Willamette School for many donated by B. F. Baker, had an the director of Oregon Woolen years. entrance facing 6th Avenue. Mills and signer of the petition

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OO 1296 12th St. Western White 61 2212 5th Ave. Vernacular 68 1521 11th St. Craftsman store here for 26 years. The Pine. Pinus monticola. Planted Victorian, ca 1910. Bungalow, ca 1910. These are McQuowens then had a store by the Tedd family in the 1930s. the original shingles—notice that included a soda fountain 62 1544 9th St. Ca 1910. Built the alternation of wide and and post offi ce. Then followed 54 1295 12th St. Ca 1920s. Mr. by Charles Andrus, the local narrow rows. Knapps’ Restaurant until late Egge kept bee hives here. postman, who delivered mail the 1980s. from a horse and carriage. 69 1541 11th St. Cottage 55 1943 4th Ave. Bungalow, ca Bungalow, ca 1910. 73 1817 Willamette Falls Dr. In 1920s. 63 1593 9th St. Once known as 1915 the Leismans operated a 70 Runyan’s Store. 1968 6th Ave. Bungalow, ca general store here, using a team 56 1353 11th St. Bungalow/ 1910. Queen Anne Vernacular, 1905. 64 2193 Willamette Falls Dr. of horses for home delivery Built by Robert Junkin. An old Queen Anne Stick, ca 1900. 71 1889 Willamette Falls Dr. This service. Mr. Ridder took over buggy axle was found here — building has undergone many in 1919 and operated a post 65 being used to support the lid on Hillside by freeway. This was changes over the years. It is built offi ce in the back until 1955. the original septic tank. Long the location of Karb’s Dairy on the site of the Capen Shoe About 1963 the Winkels took time residents remember going Farm. Established in 1919, Factory, which burned down. It over. Now, Lil’ Cooperstown to this house to buy eggs. it served all of Willamette, has been a roller skating rink, R estaurant. Oregon City and Lake Oswego. garage, g rocery store, tavern, 74 1785 WiIlamette Falls Dr. 57 2089 5th Ave. Front porch has The barn housed 110 cows. and restaurant and lounge. been remodeled. About 1959 the Karbs sold the Elligsen House, ca 1894. farm to Ben Tanner, who later 72 1833-1875 Willamette Falls Also known as the Johnson 58 2117 5th Ave. Queen Anne closed the dairy due to freeway Dr. New construction with Residence. The house is now Stick, ca 1906. construction. facades that are typical of used for offi ces. 59 1523 10th St. Queen Anne styles from 1885-1910. Original 66 2113 Willamette Falls Dr. 75 1721-1741 Willamette Falls Dr. Stick, ca 1900. building built for use as a pool This is an 1890s commercial Cottage Bungalow, ca 1900. hall by Bill Snidow. Early 60 2194 5th Ave. Craftsman Style, building that was enclosed in 67 1542 10th St. Cottage residents remember the DuPuy ca 1910. a 1930s structure built by the Bungalow, ca 1910. family as operators of a drug Frenzels and known as Frenzel’s

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See Tour Guide Map on pages 12–15. © 2008 he street trees lining many of the area’s streets and avenues were planted in 1993 as a pilot project for a city-wide street tree planting program in the city of West Linn. The primary goal of this program T is to enhance the livability of the West Linn community through the planting of street trees in both existing and proposed commercial and residential areas. Additional trees were planted in 2004.

Autumnalis Cherry Japanese Snowbell Prunus subhirtella var. Styrax japonicus. White, autumnalis. Delicate bell-shaped, drooping branching with semi- fl ower clusters in May to double pink fl owers that June. Bark is smooth with bloom sporadically in a warm fall and then orange-brown interlacing fi ssures. Grows bloom fully in the spring. Grows to 20 to 20 to 30 feet in heighth with a spread of 15 40 feet in height with a spread of 15 to 30 to 25 feet. feet. Collection Peter Angie and Collection Betts Gross Esther The Elligsens and their grandsons in front of their house, ca 1916. Katsura Tree Eastern Redbud Cercis Cercidiphyllum japonicum. See No. 15 on the tour. canadensis. Sweet-pea- Foliage emerges reddish shaped rosy pink fl owers purple, gradually Market. They added a tavern, 77 1720 Willamette Falls Dr. bloom with profusion changing to bluish green. located in the back of the store. The existing building was built prior to development of Apricot-orange in fall. Grows 40 to 60 feet The tavern has since had a in 1929 by Mr. Batdorf, who heart-shaped foliage. Grows 25 to 35 feet in height with a spread of 30 to 60 feet. number of owners. Frenzel’s son operated a second-hand shop tall. Round-headed at maturity. ran the market and meat lockers here. In 1946 Ben Fritchie Littleleaf Linden Tilia Gingko or Maidenhair cordata. Yellow foliage until the late 1950s. Sr. started a cabinet shop Tree Ginkgo biloba. in the fall. Grows 60 to here, gradually changing it to Bright-green, fan- 70 feet in height with a 76 1705 Willamette Falls Dr. a builder’s supply store. Ben shaped foliage turns a spread of 35 to 50 feet. Victorian commercial building, Fritchie Jr. ran this shop until spectacular golden yellow ca 1893. This is Willamette’s in the fall. Grows 50 to 80 feet in height Paperbark Maple the late 1980s, when it was with a spread of 30 to 80 feet. oldest commercial structure. It bought by the Lightowlers. Acer griseum. Brown was built as a home and quickly to cinnamon-brown Green Ash Fraxinus converted to a store. The upper 78 1742 Willamette Falls Dr. Arts exfoliating bark. Bluish- pennsylvanica. Foliage is green foliage in summer, story was a grade school from and Crafts Craftsman in the a shiny, medium to dark bronze or red in the fall. Grows 20 to 30 1892-1896. From 1920-1961 it Oriental Style, ca 1920. green turning yellow in feet in height with a spread of 10 to 30 ft. was owned by Wes Milliken and the fall. Grows 50 to 60 feet in height with a spread of 25 to 30 79 1754 Willamette Falls Dr. Scarlet Oak Quercus Albert Buckles. Its shelves were feet. A mature green ash can be viewed at Craftsman-style Bungalow, ca. coccinea. Dark glossy so high that ladders on runners 1649 5th Avenue. See No. 41, Tree J. 1910. green foliage changes to were used to get merchandise. scarlet in the fall. Grows Rebuilt in 2002 to refl ect the 80 1832 Willamette Falls Dr. 70 to 75 feet in height original. Craftsman-style Bungalow, ca with a spread of 40 to 50 feet. 1920. continues >

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1 Fields Bridge Park, iceberg to its resting spot near West Willamette Meteorite and Linn, Oregon. Ice Age Floods Interpretive Three interpretive areas on a Walking Trail quarter-mile-long walking trail along Fields Bridge Park, located just the Tualatin River depict the history west of Historic Willamette on of the meteorite. Borland Road, is named for the Tualatin River bridge at its northern 2 Willamette Park and edge. The current concrete structure Bernert Landing Boat Ramp is actually the fi fth Fields Bridge. Willamette Park is located at The fi rst was built in the 1850s to the intersection of 12th & Volpp replace a small ferry run by Joseph St. where the Tualatin River meets Fields, the pioneer who claimed the the Willamette River. This scenic surrounding area after traveling 15-acre park offers two large picnic the Oregon Trail with his father, shelters, a smaller gazebo, stage area, Ambrose. Several earlier Fields soccer fi elds, two softball fi elds, Bridges were covered bridges—the volleyball courts, playground, wading > street trees continued last, fondly remembered by West pool and horseshoe pits. Linn’s older residents, survived until Silver Leaf Linden Thundercloud There is river access to both the Tilia tomentosa. Foliage Plum Prunus cerasifera 1953. Used for farming for 150 years, Willamette and Tualatin rivers is dark green on the ‘Thundercloud.’ Dark the adjoining land became a West including a boat ramp and dock upper surface with a coppery leaves with white Linn city park in 2006. system at Bernert Landing on the silvery color underneath. to pink fl owers. Grows 20 The park is the site of a Fragrant, yellowish-white fl owers bloom feet in height with an equal spread. Willamette. in late June to July. Grows 50 to 70 feet in compelling chapter in the dramatic On the knoll above height with a spread of 25 to 50 feet. story of the Ice Age Floods that Armstrong Maple Acer the stage is a white rubrum. Red fl owers and inundated the Pacifi c Northwest oak that was planted Stewartia fruit in spring. Autumn 15,000-12,000 years ago. Repeated in 2008 as part of Koreana. Dark green leaves are red to yellow. cataclysmic fl oodwaters, released the Willamette leaves. White, yellow- Grows 50 to 60 feet in by the bursting of glacial ice dams centered blossoms in height with a spread of 15 to 25 feet. Centennial spring. Bark is gray with in the now extinct Lake Missoula Celebration. patches of orange-brown. Grows 20 to 30 Yellowwood Cladrastis in Montana, rushed down the feet with a spread of 15 to 25 feet. lutea. Bright green leaves Columbia River Gorge and up the 3 Camassia Natural Area and white fragrant Willamette River Valley. Camassia Natural Area is a Thornless Hawthorn fl owers blooming in late A remarkable fl ood artifact, the 22.5-acre natural area owned Crataegus crusgalli var. May to June. Foliage inermis. White fl owers turns a golden yellow in the fall. Grows Willamette Meteorite, was found and maintained by the Nature bloom in May amidst 30 to 50 feet in height with a spread of 40 in 1902 on a hillside upstream from Conservancy. Camassia was glossy green foliage. to 55 feet. Freshly cut heartwood stains Fields Bridge Park. This meteorite, named for the camas lily (Camassia Grows 20 to 30 feet in height with a spread yellow, hence the name Yellowwood. of 20 to 35 feet. the largest ever found in the United quamash) which blooms profusely © 2008 States, was apparently carried by an continues >

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Waallkkiinngg NNEEW ppaaggeess 22--2233..iinndddd 34 77//88//0088 1122::0055::4434 PPM > places of interest continued 5 Oregon City Bridge Cedar in April and early May. More than The bridge across the Willamette Island 300 plant species are found on River at Oregon City was built in Places the preserve, including some rare 1922. A suspension bridge occupied Mary S. Willamette Valley species. The Young the site from 1888 to 1922. The of Interest State Park preserve also provides habitat for architectural embellishment of this Highway G many well-known bird species. In arched bridge identifi es it as a Conde oat Islan spring and summer, green mosses B. McCullough design. It was once Along the 43 Bur nsid d and purple camas contrast with dubbed the “most beautiful bridge in Park e the dark gray basalt bedrock. The America.” The view of Willamette < to Salem Bolton Walking Tour rock was exposed 12,000-19,000 Falls from the middle of the bridge is Rivers in 7 Maddox Woods years ago when the Bretz (Missoula) a must see. Park McLean 6 Floods poured down the present West Linn House Columbia River Gorge and far into 6 McLean House Camassia Natural Area the Willamette Valley. The fl oods and Park map 205 3 swept soil and vegetation from parts Dr. Edward McLean, who founded Sunset of the valley and deposited granitic the McLean Clinic in Oregon City, Avenue boulders called glacial erratics from built the McLean House in 1927. 4 5 as far away as Canada. The entrance Dr. McLean took the ferry to work Oregon to Camassia is located at 5000 each day across the Willamette 205 City 10th Street Bridge Walnut St. off of Sunset Ave. River. He was an avid arborist and Exit illamette Falls Locks his collection of trees can be enjoyed Fields Bridge W 4 Willamette Falls Drive on the property that is now a 2.4- Park e Falls Oregon City Locks and Museum Willamett acre West Linn City Park. The lilac 1 12th St The historic Willamette Falls on the property dates back to the llamettek Locks opened January 1, 1873, to original house that was built at this Wi Par Tualatin River Willamette River move river traffi c around the 42’ site in 1846. Located at 5350 River 2 Willamette Falls. The locks have Street, the McLean House is open N been on the National Register of for viewing by appointment (503- © 2008 Historic Places since 1974. You can 655-4268). It can also be rented for see the locks year round, and tour private functions. The park is open and Westbridge), past views of the much more. Walking guides are the museum during boating season from dawn to dusk. To walk to the largest blue heron rookery in the available by the trail head sign near when the locks are operating. To McLean house from the locks, follow Portland Metro area (Goat Island), the wading pool in Hammerle Park, get to the locks from Highway 43, Mill Street under the Oregon City/ through over 150 years of history located at Willamette Falls Drive turn south onto Mill Street next to West Linn bridge and follow the path in the Bolton neighborhood, plus (Hwy. 43) and Lewis Street. the West Linn Police Station, at the that runs along the river. west end of the Oregon City/ West Linn bridge. Park behind the police 7 Another day— This brochure was produced by the station and walk towards the falls, another Walking Tour: Willamette Neighborhood Association following the signs and using the The Historic Bolton Walking with fi nancial support from the pedestrian walkway down to the Tour in West Linn takes walkers West Linn Chamber of Commerce locks. Be alert to truck traffi c and do past the Willamette River Falls, the and the Clackamas County Tourism not walk or drive down the one-way beautiful Oregon City/West Linn Development Council. ramp. bridge, through four riverside parks Graphic Design by Close to Portland… A World Away (Burnside, Maddax Woods, McLean Brian Jelgerhuis 503.656.8263 800.424.3002 www.MtHood Territory.com

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