[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 22 (Thursday, February 6, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E139]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  CITY OF MILWAUKIE, OREGON CENTENNIAL

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                          HON. EARL BLUMENAUER

                               of oregon

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 5, 2003

  Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, I would like to recognize the city of 
Milwaukie, OR, on the 100th anniversary of its incorporation. This is a 
community in my district that has played an important role in Oregon's 
history.
  While incorporated for 100 years it was actually founded in 1840. 
Milwaukie began to play an important role in riverfront shipping with 
the advent of docks on the Willamette River. The commerce from these 
docks served to link the Willamette Valley's pioneers with goods from 
the Hudson Bay Trading Company and beyond. Oregon's founder, Doctor 
John McLaughlin, often supervised commerce on those docks when he 
visited from his nearby home a mile away.
  Oregon's third newspaper, The Western Star, was founded in Milwaukie 
in 1850. It quickly became Oregon's premier newspaper up and down the 
Willamette Valley for settlers as far south as Eugene. It gave the 
pioneers their only information on the Oregon Territory, the coming 
statehood, events at Champoeg, and the Civil War.
  Reaching beyond Oregon's borders and to the rest of the world is 
Milwaukie's contribution to the American Produce market. A little known 
fact is that the Bing Cherry was first cultivated in Milwaukie. It was 
named after a Manchurian Chinese immigrant who worked for the Lewelling 
Family Orchards, in what is now the Lewelling Neighborhood.
  Today, Milwaukie is the second largest city in Clackamas County with 
a population of 20,470. Its large employers include United Grocers, 
Oregon Cutting Systems, Dark Horse Comics, Warn Industries and 
Providence Milwaukie Hospital. It serves the Portland region as a 
transportation crossroads, hosting the intersection of two State 
highways, two freight lines, and hopefully a future light rail line.
  I am proud to represent the ``City of Dogwoods''--Milwaukie, OR.

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