Newspaper Articles

“Act of Incorporation, The Port of Portland.” Opinion of the Supreme Court of Oregon. Dec. 12, 1891. Oregon Historical Society Vertical File, Port Districts Port of Portland Swan Island.
This opinion is the original document that created the Port of Portland and explains the jobs required by the Port.

“An Act of 1935.” Oregon Laws, Chapter 14 Special Session 1935 Pg. 28-29.

“An Enemy to the Columbia River.” Oregon Historical Society Scrap Book 35 pg. 39
This is an article that was out of an Oregon newspaper but because there wasn’t information about the source it was cataloged with other articles in a scrap book located at Oregon Historical Society.

Barber, Lawrence, “Port Looks Back On Busy 75 Years To Inauspicious Birth”, The Sunday Oregonian, February 20, 1966 or Oregon Historical Society Vertical File Port District Port of Portland.

“Both Environment and Economy Enhanced by Port Land Plans. Portside, Vol. 5, No. 3, May-June 1980.

Bradfield, Irene “Columbia Slough, should it be saved or paved?” The Press, May 10, 1972.

Bridge Sought ” Portside, Vol. 4 No. 1, Feb./March 1979.

“Channel and Harbor Improvement and Maintenance,” in The Port of Portland Commission Biennial Report 1951, 1952, Oregon Historical Society.

“Court Ruling Upholds Port of Portland Right to Condemn Leadbetter Estate Property”, The Oregonian, Tuesday August 3, 1965.

“Disposal Area Problems,” in The Port of Portland Commission 1955 1956 Biennial Report, Oregon Historical Society.

“Dredging Keeps Portland’s Lifeline Open” Portside, Vol. 4 No. 4, Aug./Sept. 1979.

“Dredge Oregon Completes First Year,” in The Port of Portland Commission 1965, 1966 Biennial Report, Oregon Historical Society.

“EPA Grants Boost Port Developments” Portside, Vol. 3 No. 3, June/July 1978.

Eisenbart, Rene “Sampling the Slough.” The Oregonian, Thursday, September 16, 1993.
This newspaper article has a great picture that looks at the Columbia Slough in relation to industry. It also talks about how the government, environmental agencies, residents and neighbors are working to clean up the area.

“Forced Sale” Oregonian, January 17, 1964 p22 c2

Fitzgibbon, Joe “The Price of Neglect.” The Oregonian, Friday, September 17, 1993.

“Industrial Development and Property Management,” in The Port of Portland Commission Biennial 1907, 1908 Report, Oregon Historical Society.

Kadera, Jim “Polluted Columbia Slough faces clean-up problems.” The Sunday OregonianAugust 1971.

Klooster, Karl, “100 years for Portland’s port: Part I”, This Week Magazine, February 20, 1991 or Oregon Historical Society Vertical File Port District, Port of Portland.

_____. “Portland’s port celebrates centennial �� Part III”, This Week Magazine, March 6, 1991 or Oregon Historical Society Vertical File Port District – Port of Portland.

“Maritime Service Facilities, Dry Docks and Ship Repair Facilities”, in The Port of Portland Commission 1953, 1954 Biennial Report, Oregon Historical Society.

“Mocks Bottom Means New Jobs” Portside, Vol. 4 No. 1, Feb./March 1979.

“Plan 1, Rivergate Area Awaits Senate Action.” Portside, Vol. 5, No. 2, March-April 1980.

Portside, Vol. 2 No. 1, Feb. 1977, Pg. 5.

“The Columbia River Pathway to Prosperity” Portside, Vol. 3 No. 3 Feb./March 1979.

The Port of Portland, “Building Our Port”, Oregon Historical Society Vertical File Port District, Port of Portland.

The Port of Portland, “The Port and Portland”, Oregon Historical Society Vertical File Port District,  Port of Portland.

The Port of Portland, “A Brief History of the Port of Portland”, Oregon Historical Society Vertical File Port District, Port of Portland.

“Properties and Industrial Development, Swan Island and Mock’s Bottom,” in The Port of Portland Commission 1955, 1956 Biennial Report, Oregon Historical Society.

Vogland, Jane P., “The Transition of and Island”, Oregon Historical Society Vertical File Port District, Port of Portland, Swan Island.

Books and Theses

Abbott, Carl “Portland Gateway to the Northwest”, American Historical Press 1997.

Stoud, Ellen “A Slough of Troubles: An Environmental and Social History of the Columbia Slough.” University of Oregon History Department.
Discusses environmental racism as it pertains to the Columbia Slough.

Internet

City of Portland, Oregon Environmental Service, https://www.portlandoregon.gov/bes/

City of Portland, Oregon Environmental Service, https://www.portlandoregon.gov/bes/
The website gives information about environmental issues that are currently effecting the city of Portland and surrounding areas.

Oregon Online, Oregonian Newspaper, www.oregonlive.com
This website was a reference for contemporary issues.

Daily Astoria, Astoria Newspaper, www.dailyastorian.com/
This website provides information about channel deepening, community dissent in Astoria and debates in Astoria with the Port of Portland and Army Corps of Engineers.

Pictures

Portland Map 1897 (Swan Island)” https://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/portland_or_1897.jpg
Picture of Swan Island and downtown Portland in 1897.

“Rivergate with Hayden Island and Swan Island” The Port of Portland Biennial Report 1959-1961.
Aerial view of the Port’s Rivergate Industrial Area.

Sectional Floating Dry Dock at St. Johns” The Port of Portland Commissions Biennial Report 1907-1908, Pg. 36.

“Ship Repair Activity at Swan Island” Port of Portland Biennial Report 1965-1966, Pg. 14.
Picture of large ships on the north end of Swan Island.

“Swan Island Industrial Park” The Port of Portland, Oregon Historical Society Vertical File, Port Districts, Port of Portland, Swan Island
Aerial view of Swan Island and Mocks Bottom.

“St. Johns district (including Swan Island)” Oregon Historical Society Vertical File, Port District, Port of Portland; The Sunday Oregonian, July 18, 1965 F9