By David Laur -
Some Friday lunchtime Pacific Northwest trivia, for your consideration:
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With his life savings of $5,000 of gold inside his money belt, Francis R Chown left Kingston, Ontario Canada. After wandering the west he decided on the growing city of Portland (17,000 people in 1879). Chown's original inventory of farm implements, logging supplies, construction materials and tools came by Clipper sailing ships from the hardware and plumbing wholesalers in San Francisco.
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I don't see a place to order t-shirts. Yet.
- david
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