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GLADSTONE, OREGON
Gladstone is a city located in Clackamas County, Oregon. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total
population of 11,438. Gladstone is a four square mile suburban community twelve miles
south of Portland at the confluence of the Clackamas River and the Willamette River.
While there are still a few building sites in some of the isolated corners, the city is essentially fully developed. There are a grade school, a middle school, and a high school, numerous churches, two supermarkets, and a number of other small stores scattered throughout the town.
The old section of Gladstone is laid out on a grid of streets running north/south and east/west. North-south streets are named for colleges, while east-west streets are arranged in alphabetical order and have the same names as the north-south streets in Boston's Back Bay: Arlington, Berkeley, Clarendon, Dartmouth, Exeter, Fairfield, Gloucester, and Hereford. The alphabetical progression continues with Ipswich, Jersey and Kenmore, continuing the allusion to Boston's street names from its Fenway-Kenmore neighborhood adjacent to Back Bay.
The earliest homesteads in the area were donation land claims granted by President Lincoln. The Casons and the Rinearsons were the first settlers to receive their donation land claims in Gladstone. Peter M. Rinearson and his family owned the land between Jennings Lodge and the Clackamas River, and between the Willamette River and Portland Avenue. Fendal Cason, who came to Oregon in 1843, owned an area equal in size east of Portland Avenue.
On the north side of city are rocky hills that were virtually uninhabitable until late in the 20th century. In the 1960s and 1970s the area came under development and was laid out with streets and houses. One street running around the base of the easternmost hill is known throughout the state for its beautiful Christmas lights display every year. Several churches, the city's middle school, a few convenience stores, and a couple of care centers are the only exceptions to the area's all-residential nature.
The famous "Pow-Wow" maple tree marked the place where the different Indian tribes, mainly Clackamas and Multnomahs, met to make trading agreements, settle community affairs, and conduct wedding ceremonies. The tree still stands on Clackamas Boulevard. Adjacent to the "Pow-Wow" tree was an Indian racetrack that Peter Rinearson later used as an exercise and training ground for the racehorses he bred. In 1861, it was used as a parade ring for the First State Fair held on the Rinearson property, with the "Pow-Wow" tree marking the entrance.
Gladstone was founded by a man named Harvey Cross in the late 1800s, and formally incorporated on January 10, 1911. He laid out the city's first streets and had his home built in a prominent location. The home is now a mortuary.
There is also a small park named after him, located at the same place one of the Indian tribes made its camp.
Being bordered by rivers on two sides, there are only two primary thoroughfares to and from the city. The I-205 freeway runs along the eastern edge of the city running south into historic Oregon City. McLoughlin Boulevard also runs north-south, but through the western side of the city.
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