Oregon Considered

Few Traces Remain of the Lewis & Clark Exposition

September 15, 2005

0915_forestrybdg.jpgThis fall, Oregon is celebrating the bicentennial of Lewis and Clark Expedition's arrival in the Pacific Northwest in 1805.

But an event getting less attention is Portland's centennial celebration back 1905.

The Lewis and Clark Exposition attracted 1.7 million visitors at a time when Portland was about the size of present day Salem.

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