Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1902 — How Portland, Ore., Was Named. [ARTICLE]

How Portland, Ore., Was Named.

Two men named I’ettygrove and Ixjvvjoy were the first owners of the ground on which the city of Portland now stands. Pettygrove had gone there from Maine, and Lovejoy from Massachusetts. Pettygrove, out of admiration for Portland In his own State, .wnt.ted to name the new place Portland. Lovejoy, being a Boston man, insisted upon calling it Boston. Unable to agree, they finally decided to toss ft penny, the man getting heads to name tho place. Pettygrove got the heads nnd ntftned the place.