CHAPTER 3, OTHER INTERESTS
A. OUTDOOR WORLD & FOUNDING OF THE MAZAMAS
1869 - Climbed what was later named "Hawkins Peak" (10,020 ft.), located west of
the Hawkins Ranch in Alpine Co. California (ranch between Markleeville and
Woodsford). Carved in a rock on the summit:
L.L. HAWKINS
Age 21
Aug. 1869
STET
1870 - With Professor Joseph Le Conte of the University of California, helped organize
an expedition into Yosemite. Le Conte was to publish in 1875, "A Journal of
Ramblings through the High Sierras of California by the "University Excursion
Party." On this trip L.L. camped with, and was befriended, by John Muir, later to
found the Sierra Club. They remained life-long friends, and met together on Muir's
travels through the northwest.
1879 - "Muir finally came to the Northwest in the summer of 1879." ("J. Muir, etc.)
"Among the many people Muir met were those who were or later became active in the region's conservation affairs. Of these, there are five persons who deserve special mention. These are Robert Moran, Judge John Waldo, Lester Leander (L.L.) Hawkins,
William Gladstone Steel and Philemon Beecher (P.B.) Van Trump."
"Muir probably reestablished his prior acquaintence with L.L. Hawkins during his stay in Portland as well. Hawkins was "one of the most colorful personalities in Portland history." He originally met and camped with Muir as a member of Joseph Le Conte's 1870 trip to the High Sierra. Muir was introduced by Dr. George Chance, a well-known dentist involved in a wide range of civic and scientific activities. Dr. Chance was on the board of the local scientific and industrial group known as the Mechanics Fair. Given Hawkins' friendship with Dr. Chance, the extensive press coverage and his prior camping trip with Muir, one must assume that Hawkins either attended Muir's lectures or visited with him while in Portland."
(See John Muir and the Pioneer Conservationists of the Pacific Northwest, by Ronald Eber)
1880 - John Muir visited Portland -- series of lectures about his recent trip to Alaska.
"Muir renewed and expanded those acquaintances during his most extensive trip to the Pacfic Northwest. This trip which took him to Portland, Mount Rainier, Multnomah Falls, The Columbia River Gorge and Crater Lake, allowed for further exploration of the region and its emerging conservation issues."
("John Muir and the Pioneer Conservationists of the Pacific Northwest," by Ronald Eber)
1885 - "William Gladstone Steel, who later founded the Mazamas, started a petition drive in 1885 to protect the spectacular lake (Crater Lake) from homestead, timber and mining claims. With public support and a resolution from the Oregon Legislature, President Grover Cleveland set aside ten townships around the lake in 1886. This was the beginning of the long campaign that culminated in the creation of Crater Lake National Park in 1902."
(Oregon Conifer, Ore. Ch. of Sierra Club, Sept/Oct. 1992, pp.1)
1889 - "In 1889, Muir stopped in Portland to join the Alaska Expedition organized by Edward Harriman. At a reception hosted by the Mazamas, Muir discussed with their President Will Steel and former presidents Judge M.C. George and L.L. Hawkins the need to protect the forest reserves from grazing."
("John Muir and the Pioneer Conservationists of the Pacific Northwest," by Ronald Eber)
1894 - Elected Treasurer of the Mazamas on the top of Mt. Hood. William G. Steel
President, 1894-5 President: William G. Steel, Leander L. Hawkins, (pp.144)
Henry L. Pittock, President 1896-7
Source: ("Mt. Hood, A Complete History," pp 132-33
relates organization of Mazamas)
Misc. Mr. and Mrs. Pittock climbed summit of Sahale Peak Mt. at Horseshoe Basins.
(1899?)
1895, (July 19), Mazama Heliographers on Mt. Adams.??? ascended from Cloud Cap
L.L. Hawkins and W. Baker, operating from Portland Heights. (pp. 275)
"Colonel L.L. Hawkins (fourth from right), designer of the largest mirror, finally
succeeded in communicating from Portland Heights with the Langille brothers
on Mt. Hood, more than 50 miles away." (Source: "We Climb High," John D. Scott.
July 19, 1969)
"A Monster Heliograph" "Colonel L.L. Hawkins, manager of the Mazamas, has
recently constructed a new heliograph, the largest on record, the mirrors being 38-20
inches." for the Mazamas -- signaled 75 miles
(Oregonian, Monday, July 17, 1895)
1896 - John Muir trip to Portland , met with Hawkins
1898 - Mazama Climb of Mt. St. Helens -- with photographer Edward S. Curtis --
photographs 768-8-3 in Mazama Collection
(Source: original photographs, locations on back, written by L.L. Hawkins
1899 - John Muir trip to Portland , met with Hawkins - "Muir attended a reception hosted by the Mazamas, where he met "some of the old scientific society who got (him) to lecture 20 years ago." At the reception, Muir discussed with Will Steel, L.L. Hawkins and others the need to protect the forest reserves from sheep grazing." "Muir's journals reports his frustration over their lack of concern with respect to sheep grazing in the Forest Reserves." "Met Hawkins - said he did not like to fight like Quixote on sheep question or any other, fat, easy and obliging."
(See John Muir Journal, Reel 29, JMP) & "John Muir and the Pioneer Conservationists of the Pacific Northwest" by Ronald Eber.
1900, (Aug.4) -CLIMB OF MT. HOOD, On Aug. 4, 1900, T.T. Geer, the Governor of
Oregon climbed the mountain in a party of 13 led by O.C. Yocum, accompanied
by his wife, Minnie E. Perlen, Colonel S.C. Spener, Lt. Harry young, L.L. Hawkins,
and others.
(Source: Mt. Hood, A Complete History, Jack Grauer, 1975, pp. 212)
1901, (July 13) CLIMB OF MT. HOOD
"Spanish-American war hero, Colonel L.L. Hawkins was one of the colorful figures of the
camp. With his binoculars and small bugle slung around his heck, he presented a very
military figure. Most of his trip from Portland had been by bicycle, but the last five miles
he did on G.W. Berrian's handsome gray horse." (Henry Pittock on this climb)
Source: Mt. Hood, A Complete History, Jack Grauer, 1975 (pp.135)
On the summit, "Colonel Hawkins delivered a tribute to Joseph Le Conte, who had
died only July 6 in California" (pp. 136)
MISC. "Hawkins Cliffs" named after LL Hawkins, "Reid Glacier, named after
Professor Harry Fielding Reid of John Hopkins University. "Glisan Glacier" named
after Rodney L. Glisan, "Eliot Glacier" named after Thomas Lamb Eliot (pp 290)
1902 - "Pilot of the Mazamas" "Colonel L.L. Hawkins, who had full charge of the Mazamas outing to Mt. Adams ....He has climbed Mount Hood several times and is experienced in that work. It is to his credit that the trip this year was an enjoyable one and that no accidents occured." (The Evening Telegram, July 29, 1902)
1904 - "To Ascent Mt. Shasta, Mazamas Vote to Climb California Peak" --reception - for John Burroughs and Oregon Camera Club. "Photogaphs of bird life by H.T. Bohlman, and the Curtis collection, from Seattle, consisting mostly of Indian pictures."
"Colonel Hawkins acted as master of ceremonies and made all feel at ease."
(Sunday Oregonian, --"ry" (January or February), 1904)
1905 - Joint Sierra Club - Mazama climbing trip to Mt. Rainier. -- "this trip firmly established a working relationship between the Sierra Club, the Mazamas and other northwest conservationist. The trip resulted in joint efforts to improve the protection of Mount Rainier National Park and helped to enlist northwest conservationists in John Muir's final crusade to protect hetch-Hetchy and the integrity of the national parks everywhere."
("John Muir and the Pioneer Conservationists of the Pacific Northwest," by Ronald Eber
Note: W.G. Steel present at funeral of L.L. Hawkins. Rodney Glisan was a pallbearer.
B. OREGON ACADEMY OF SCIENCE
1903 - (November 22) Expedition found the "largest known Tideland Spruce (Sitka) in God's Valley, Clatsop Co. Oregon - On the expedition were Prof. E.P. Shelton, M.W. Gorman, L.L. Hawkins, Fred Muller, John Gray (guide), Fritzes (dog), F.H. Kiser (photographer)
(Source: Photograph of tree, backside)
Founding Members; Edmund P. Shelton, President (forestry expert and botanist); Albert Raddin Sweetser, First Vice President (University of Oregon, later State Biologist ; Arthur Burton Cordley, Second Vice President (Biologist at Oregon Agricultural College);
Miss Christina MacConnel, Third Vice President (Chair of Chemistry and Physiology in the Portland High School); James A. Lyman (Recording Secretary); George Coghill (Corresponding Secretary); M.W. Gorman (Treasurer); L.L. Hawkins (Director of the Museum) -- "Three trustees will have the management of any property that may chance to come into the possession of the Academy. These trustees are L.L. Hawkins, Dr. James
Withcombe and E.A. Beals."
(The Sunday Oregonian, March 5, 1905)
Note: Max Gorman was a pallbearer at funeral of L.L. Hawkins
C. FOUNDER OF CITY FREE MUSEUM, or THE PORTLAND FREE MUSEUM:
Collections began 1891, (1893 was a recession year)
Met in study of Dr. Roland D. Grant, pastor of First Baptist Church --study of nature.
First organized 1898 --
"I remember the day that museum took definite shape in his loving heart. We had gone to Goble and, putting in a blast, had bown out the finest zeolite group of chrystals ever found. Bearing these treasures home, he said there out to be a place for the preservation of such things in Portland and tried to persuade me to place my cabinet as a basis. One day we went to study the conditions around the old block house at Cascade Locks, and finding one log remaining with its port holes, we lugged it down the river and it now rests in the Museum."
1900 - "A new curiosity has been secured for the City Museum by L.L. Hawkins, the father and indefatibable promoter of that institution. It is a globe of stone, something over two feet in diameter and weighing 600 pounds. It is as round and smooth as a cannon ball and may be a meteorite or one of the cannon balls used in the battle between Satan and the Heavenly Hosts, described by Milton." " Mr. Hawkins had had prepared for it in the light court at the City Hall." ...
(Oregonian, April 6, 1900) see Oregonian April 6, 2000
1904 - "City Museum. Though not directly under the care of the Park Board, the City Museum is usually named in this annual report. It is under the curatorship of Mr. L.L. Hawkins of the Park Board, who gives his time and services gratuitously to the work of enlarging the collections, which fill many rooms and the hallways of the city hall. As conducted by Mr. Hawkins, the museum is of great educational value, and hundreds of visitors of all ages, citizens and strangers, may be seen on any pleasant day eagerly studying the contents of the cases and the labels. The objects of interest and classified specimens number many thousands.'
(1904 Park Board Report)
1904 - "The Late Benjamin Roop, by presenting the City With His Ornithological Collection,
Formed Nucleus of Free Museum." Colonel L.L. Hawkins was largely instrumental in obtaining the donation from Mr. Roop and went to great expense in having the rare specimens properly mounted and placed on exhibition in the City Hall."
(The Morning Oregonian, Nov. 21, 1904)
1905 - (Sept.17, 1905) Portrait, "sketched by Harry Murphy"
1905 - (February 18) Constitution adopted. -
1906 - "The Sequoia Giganticus about the City will grow to be his monument."
(Dr. Roland Grant, at service of L.L. Hawkins)
D. CITY PARKS AND OLMSTED
1897 - Donald Macleay donated 130 acre forested property for what became Macleay Park.
(Source: "History of Portland's Forest Park," Thorton T. Munger)
"The Park was covered with a stand of native timber. As time passed and nobody
in the City Hall had shown had shown a disposition to improve the park for conveyed
outings, a group of nature lovers, headed by Colonel L.L. Hawkins, who was soon to
become a member of the Park commission when first instituted in 1899, undertook to
resist depredation in any form of carving by the hand of man." "The nature loverss,
Col. Hawkins, R. B. Lamson, Dick Montague and sister Jane, Jerry Bronaugh, Rodney
Glisan, T. Scott Brooke, and add. Col. James Jackson, to name a few residing nearby,
made it a main aim in life to keep it otherwise and henceforth inviolate, and they had
sufficient standing in the community to have their idea of the value of the park
respected."
Appendix A: City Parks Within Forest Park Prior to 1947," by Charles Paul Keyser
1899 -Portland Park Commission first instituted -- source, above
1900 - Portland Board of Park Commissioners authorized by a State legislatively approved City Charter. "Victory for Rev. Thomas Lamb Eliot and Lester Hawkins who had worked diligently to promote urban parks and playgrounds in Portland."
(Merchants, Money & Power)
1901 - Dr. Eliot -- "While in the East the following year, therefore, he made a special study of the park systems of several large cities, and sought an interview with Olmsted Broths, the well-known landscape architects." urged city to have an expert survey of park plans --
"When, after considerable delay, funds were not found available for this purpose, he refused to be daunted, and personally undertook to raise by private subscription the sum of $10,000 by which Olmsted Brothers were employed to make the proper survey."
(Source, history of Eliot and Unitarian Church --- get title)
1902 - 140 acres of park in 10 location (1 1/2% of total City area).
1902 - "The protection of the beauty of Macleay Park lies in the hands of the citizens of Portland. The Park Commission is planning an artistic and elaborate preservation of the loveliness of the site, and feels that its efforts deserve the support of all dwellers in this city. Colonel Hawkins has now started on a very far fearching scheme, which, if zealously promoted by all, will, within a few years, give Portand the most beautiful natural park in the world."
(Oregonian, 1902) day/month not on article.
1902? - In John Olmsted's thinking, and in the minds of some of the city park commission members, like Dr. Thomas Lamb Eliot and banker L. Leander Hawkins, the exposition (Lewis & Clark) should embody a noble planning ideal that might serve as a model for the city of the future."
("The Shaping of a City," E. Kimbark MacColl)
1903 - John Olmsted arrived in Portland, Telephoned Ion Lewis and arrived at offices of Whidden & Lewis. $ 2,000 fee proposed by Olmsted, $1,500 settled upon. Lunches taken at Arlington Club with members of Exposition Committee. Olmsted began work work on Lewis & Clark Exposition
April 10, 1903 met with Lester Hawkins at offices of Whidden & Lewis. "That afternoon Olmsted walked over and began his site analysis of Macleay Park with Hawkins.
April 19, 1903 - "Olmsted took time to order "The Flora of the Northwest" by Thomas Howell from J. K. Gill Co. so he could better be informed of the plants native to the area."(This book (?), with L.L. Hawkins' named, embossed in gold, is in possession of WJH).
"Hawkins and Olmsted took an extensive drive around the city to discuss parks and areas for pleasure drives. Upon viewing the Park Blocks, which had been appropriated in 1852, Olmstead recommended that a playground be established for children.
Lester Hawkins and Thomas Eliot have given consideration for a pleasure drive and Olmsted wrote: Mr. Hawkins and Dr. Eliot, a minister who is a Park Commissioner, have a scheme for a pleasure drive from the south end of Park Street, bending at first SE, then bending back NW and passing back of the city reservoir and climbing the bluff just back of the houses already existing and which are accessible from below. This and his scheme for connecting Pennoyer Park with the city reservoir down the ravine NE of it was about all
of the tangible park sort that he had to show me."
"Hawkins explained that there was an island in the river above the City, Swan Island, that should be taken for park use."
Other parks recommended by Hawkins: Swan Island, a pleasure drive to Riverview Cemetery and Oregon City, Mt. Tabor, Pennoyer and Terwilliger Park (now fenced and unimproved
April 23-25,1903 spent with Hawkins, driving in Tally-Ho Jupiter. Drove to City View Park Addition -- parkway along the bluff and secure the bluff which is wooded and preserve it.
Mt Tabor park planned. Toured St. Johns, with Olmstead recommended 29 acre Columbia Park.
April 24, 1903 - "It is a pleasure to drive with such horses. they mind the reins and voice perfectly. He never touched the whip once and the roads were very bad in places, but on the whole fairly good." (Olmsted letter to his wife from Portland Hotel)
"Preserve steep slopes" (above Gilles Lake) "Hawkins wants to do something along this line." (Olmsted letters to his wife)
April 25 --Olmsted: "I have had a pleasant time with Mr. Hawkins. While he has opinions he is not opinionated and he is very fond of nature and good to children so I have had no friction and he has been very helpful. He is a retired banker and rich 'they say' but very modest and simple." "He belongs to the Mazamas of whom I Have read in the Geographical Magazine. They correspond to the Appalachan Club of Boston."
(Olmsted letter to his wife from Portland, Hotel)
"Prominent banker L. Leander Hawins held a similar vision that called for a skyline trail and a secnic driveway through the West Hills that could have been constructed at small expense in 1905. But death was to remove his influencial voice within two years after his proposal was published."
("The Shaping of a City," E. Kimbark MacColl.)
1904 - "Skyline Trail Commanding Magnificent Views Proposed for Portland Hills. L.L. Hawkins Plan for Driveway to be Constructed at Small Expense." Large drawing over two-page spread showing road and trail system (original drawing and article of the proposal in author's collection)
(Sunday Oregonian, July 10, 1904)
"Lovers of Nature for whom a bit of a climb is only recreation will be interested in Mr. L.L. Hawkins' plan for a skyline trail over Portland's western hills, pictured and described on pages 36 and 37 of this issue of the Oregonian. It involves such slight expense that it should be put through without delay. Nor will the cost of a wagon road to commanding heights be a bar to its construction. Unlike John Law Olmsted, Mr. Hawkins is no scientific landscape architect with plans too high for Portland's reach, but he knows the topography of our enivironment from a to izzard. No citizen has done more that he to stimulate outdoor exercise and at the same time make the way for those who find reward for a hilltop climb in the incomparable view of city, valley, river, forest and mountain."
(Sunday Oregonian, July 10, 1904)
c. 1904 - "L.L. Hawkins, Park Commissioner, " Advocates planting of sequoias, planning
expedition to John Day Fossil beds." (Source: file of Capt. J. C. Ainsworth?)
NOTE: Sequois located: (1) Vista Ave., bet. Myrtle & Laurel; (1) Honeyman House, Prospect; (4) A.H. Johnson property, Vista (Now Vista Ave. Apts); (1) Ledbetter property, Vista Pl. at entr. to Wash. Park; (1) Green property, at Cedar; (21) Pier Park; (28) Laurelhurst Park; (1) Mt. Tabor Park; ( ) Columbia Park; --- see Legacy for added list.
1904- "Park Commissioner Lester Hawkins wrote Olmsted Brothers in June, 1904 about
the desirabiity of having a general superintendent of parks for Portland. Olmsted Bros wrote Hawkins recommended Downing Vaux. Vaux did not accept, but in 1906 Emanuel T. Mische accepted position." (See "Olmsted Vision (1897-1915: A Study of the Public Landscapes Designed by Emanuel t. Mische in Portland, Oregon," Ken Guzowski, 1990)
1905 - "Along the Wildwood Trail of Macleay Park" by Col. L.L. Hawkins, Park Commissioner. (Lewis and Clark Journal, February, 1905, pp. 4 &5)
1905 - PARK BOARD, APRIL 7, 1905, PP. 218 "Communication was received from C.L. McKenna, secretary of the board of trade of University Park, requesting the planting of Sequoia trees in some geometrical figure in Columbia Park as hereto suggested by Mr. L.L. Hawkins, and on motion of Mr. Lewis duly seconded and carried, this matter was referred to the committee consisting of Mssr. Hawkins and Eliot.
Feb.26, 1906 --
1905 - Scheme arrested where Lafe Pence, from Denver, devised a method of washing
down a large sector of land ying between Macleay Park and Willamettee Heights to
use as fill for Guild's Lake, and making terraces for residential areas. He
surreptitiously and without consent constructed a flume a short distance upstream
from from Macleay Park, through the park, some 3,000 ft. to Scotch Nubbin, where the
haudraulic operations were started. Needed higher head pressure, which it supplied
so cleared 900 ft. through the Ibex Land Co. When L.L. Hawkins, now a member of
the Park Commission, and the Agent for the Ibex Land Co., heard about this he con-
fronted Pence and in a Parks Comm. meeting, demanded removal of the flume. He
brought in Mayor Lane ex-officio Chairman of the Park Commission, -- and a city
police squad wrecked 25 ft. of the flume near the intake so it would not cross
park property Feb. 25, 1906 -- Finally granted a revokable permit, which wasnt used.
If the George Holman property had been terraced, it never would have been given to
the City to increase the size of Macleay Park.
(Source: Appendix A. "City Parks Within Forest Park Prior to 1947", Charles Paul.
Keyser
1906 - "RESOLUTION OF PARK BOARD, Portland, Oregon, April 14, 1906
Mr. William J. Hawkins, Portland, Oregon
Dear Sir:
At a regular meeting of the Park Board of this City, held April 6th, 1906, the
following tribute to the memory of Colonel L.L. Hawkins was read and ordered
spread upon the minutes of the said Park Board:
The Park Board, having official notice at this time of the death of Leander
L. Hawkins, member of this Board and of the Park Commission preceding it, wish to p
place on record our profound sense of loss to the common cause in which we are
engaged, by his sudden death at the prime of his powers for usefulness.
We recall his indefatibable zeal in behalf of good parks, the beautifying of the
city, the public welfare the upbuilding of the Museum of Natural History which remains
as his noble monument, and other unselfish service to this city and state, for the care of
its dependents, or the development of its great natural features of beauty and for every
kind of human good.
To all these we desire to add our sense of personal bereavement, as his friends
who have become attached to him for traits of character of the highest order;
and chiefly for his noble ideals of citizenship, and for the conception of the obligation
to generous service which inspired his soul. The impress of his radiant personality is
left upon this Park System and his memory will have an endearing charm for those who
have been priviledged to service with him, as members of this board and its co-operant
work."
Yours very respectfully,
Thomas C. Devlin,
Auditor of the City of Portland
1907 - Scenic drive from Ford St. Bridge to Terrace Drive in Portland Heights, "development of Vista Avenue," "developing the area for views," "First Parkway constructed for Portland that was designed by Olmsted Brothers." "The plans are drawn by
Olmsted brothers include the condeming of the entire hillside for a city park." ---"compromise of 80 ft. strip of that width would be sufficient to preserve the view."
(Source: May 30, 1908, "The Evening Telegram")
Note: Dr. Thomas Lamb Eliot conducted funeral service for L.L. Hawkins at the Unitarian Church. Ion Lewis, also fellow member of Park Board, was a pallbearer.
E. BOYS AND GIRLS AID SOCIETY
1885 - The Boys and Girls Aid Society of Oregon was founded. "The first meeting of the Board of Trustees was held and H.W. Corbett was elected president." Founders were: H.W. Corbett, Lester Leander Hawkins, William S. Ladd, Helen F. Spaulding, Frank E. Beach, Irving W. Pratt, Judge William B. Gilbert, Ira F. Powers, and Dr. Peleg T. Keene.
(Source: Boys and Girls Aid Society newsletter)
Other important members included: Thomas Lamb Eliot, A.H. Breyman, G.H. Williams,
Mrs. W.A. Buchanan.
L.L. Hawkins was Treasurer from the founding of the Society until his death.
Note: F.E. Beach, Vice President, was a pallbearer at funeral of L.L. Hawkins
F. OTHER BUSINESS INTERESTS
1880 - "He (George Weidler) was the first person to sell electric lighting in Portland when he ran a primitive transmission line to the nearby Ainsworth dock in 1881. Within three years he was instrumental in organizing the U.S. Electric Lighting and Power Co. which operated off steam generated dynamos. His three associates were to be the prime movers in the development of the Portland electric utility industry; L.L. Hawkins, P.F. Morey and F.V. Holman."
"Leander Hawkins was one of the most colorful personalities in Portland's history. As a young man he had managed the local personal affairs of Captain J.C. Ainsworth and R.R. Thompson. He was the first president of the U.S. Electric, the organizer and first
president of the Ainsworth National Bank, the president of the Portland Hydraulic Elevator Co, and organizer of the Portland Cable Railway Co, and the first resident to conceive a comprehensive plan of skyline trails and parks for the outlying hill sections of the city. "
("The Shaping of a City," E.Kimbark MacColl, 1976)
1887- (July 23) Portland Cable Railway co. Incorporated, by T.G. Murphy, A.W.
Wright, Jr. J. C. McCaftrey and Joseph P. Thompson (franchise granted May 2, 1888)
"to stimulate building of homes on Portland Heights.
1892 - (Aug.30) property sold by sheriff, J.P. Marshall being the buyer. Stockholders
had spent $800,000 on construction. C.H. Woodard, Pres. Ira B. Sturgis, V.P., and
L.L. Hawkins, Treasurer (of new company?
SOURCE: "History of the Columbia river Valley, From The Dalles to the Sea
pp. 510, Vol. I
1895 - Constructed duplex on S.W. Market Street Drive. Was recommending Olmsted
improvements to Ford Street (later Vista), where public view of city could be had.
was incorporated into Olmsted Plan.
1898 - PHOTOGRAPH, OREGON EMERGENCY CORP, MAY 17.
1904-5 "When it was decided to hold the Lewis & Clark Exposition here, several
gentlemen, among them Colonel L.L. Hawkins, proposed that the Pony should be
brought up and exhibited as the first locomotive in Oregon." (Source: "The Oregon
Pony, the First Steam Locomotive in Oregon, 1862" The Twombly Press, Portland, 1972)
1905 - Photographed parade honoring President Roosevent (SEE PHOTOGRAPH)
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