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Portland, Oregon

Multnomah County · Population 652,503 · Card no. 0136

Oregon's largest city, at the meeting of the Willamette and Columbia, named by a coin toss.

Asa Lovejoy wanted Boston and Francis Pettygrove wanted Portland; Pettygrove won two out of three and the penny is in the Oregon Historical Society.
Forest Park is one of the largest urban forests in the country.
Powell's City of Books occupies a full city block.

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