Oregon City Travel Guide

 glabah Says:  This paved sidewalk and park wanders along the top of Oregon City's infamous cliff. From it, it is possible to see much of downtown Oregon City, as well as across the river to West Linn and north as far as the clouds will allow you do see.There are a number of benches.A... 

 glabah Says:  Some years back, the lawn in front of the old Oregon City Senior Center (now called "community center") hosted an art fair. The artists were *very* local (Oregon City and West Linn for the most part) and the operation was quite informal: at least one artist, having heard of... 

 glabah Says:  The Three Rivers Artist Guild used to be one of the main features of the old Carnegie Arts Center, but then that facility closed.The Three Rivers Artist Guild used to be the primary attraction in the store in the End of the Oregon Trail Center, but then that museum ran short... 

 glabah Says:  Willamette Falls was one of the reasons why Oregon City was a main attraction for those coming from the east. Here, early sawmills, woolen mills, and other industry used the power of the falls to create Oregon's first industrial area.Today, the falls are still used that way:... 

 glabah Says:  Quite a large number of houses in the Portland area were built in an era when it was popular to copy styles from the mid to late 1800s. While virtually all of the original houses and other buildings from that era in Portland have been lost, that is not the case in Oregon... 

 glabah Says:  There have been a few attempts over the years to try to have upscale food in Oregon City. It appears that at least one of those attempts has been successful.Mi Famiglia has a trendy interior, though located inside one of Oregon City's older downtown buildings. The walls have... 

 glabah Says:  Tacho's was really the first of the current generation of non-chian non-fast food restaurants that was able to figure out how to do business successfully in Oregon City. You must understand that for some 30 years, Oreogn City was a workers city, based on the paper mill and a... 

 glabah Says:  The old Oregon City Plumbing Supply store has now been rebuilt into a bakery and "coffee shop" but as is the case in most Pacific Northwest coffee shops, there is a whole lot more here than just coffee.Among the wide variety of food and drink, you will also find beer and... 

 glabah Says:  The Oregon City Elevator is a local tradition as well as a way to get between the upper level of downtown Oregon City and the lower level, central part of downtown Oregon City.Around 1913, the city constructed its first elevator to supplement existing staircases (which were... 

 glabah Says:  When I was a student at Oregon City High School in the late 1980s, this location along the Willamette River was still being used for unloading trucks of raw logs, which were then tied into huge rafts and hauled down the river by tug boat to another destination. Sometimes... 

 glabah Says:  In 1977, despite the reputation Oregon had even then of being a progressive and environmentally friendly place, there were few official environmental education programs, and virtually no community recycling programs or services.That year, the John Inskeep Environmental... 

 glabah Says:  A new park has been constructed along highway 99E in downtown Oregon City, so while it isn't necessarily "off the beaten path" it also isn't necessarily a well known attraction - particularly since it hasn't been put on very many maps yet.The name on the signs is... 

 glabah Says:  This paved trail runs along the Clackamas River (though only for about 1/3 of a mile) and then turns to follow Clackamette Cove until it ends at Main Street.At the northeast end, the trail joins what was once Highway 213 between east Portland, Oregon City, Molalla, Silverton... 

 glabah Says:  Several years ago, Clackamas County and the Stone Creek Golf Clup worked out a deal where the county would buy land and lease it to the golf club, so long as the public had access to a walking trail along the edges and that some of the most scenic features of the area were... 

 glabah Says:  Park Place was once a separate city from Oregon City, but today it is pretty much considered part of Oregon City. It is separated from Oregon City proper by Highway 213.There is very little in Park Place that would be of interest to travelers, except for the gas station at...