Paul J. Ledman's second book about the history of Portland, Maine, "Connections Across Time," seeks to tease out the historical reasons the city is what it is today. Credit: Courtesy of Next Steps ...

Lone Fir Cemetery's Chinese memorial in Portland, Oregon, is expected to finish construction in 2027 after years of organizing from the Asian community.

Oregon’s largest city was incorporated on this day 171 years ago – but the place we know as Portland now almost had a different name. In 1845, business partners Asa Lovejoy and Francis Pettygove ...

Put on your walking shoes and join Architectural Heritage Center docents on thought-provoking tours of Portland’s history-rich neighborhoods. The nonprofit center in Southeast Portland organizes ...

Portland Police escorted “scabs” through picket lines outside a building where workers were hired, during the longshormen strike of 1934. Credit: OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY, ORHI81704 This town’s ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. The authors of a guide to Portland's historic cemeteries ...