Oregon City Falls

Oregon City, once known as Willamette Falls, was early the site of an Indian salmon fishing village. The falls furnished power for a lumber mill that began operation in 1842, a flour mill in 1844, a woolen mill in 1864, and the first paper mill in the Pacific Northwest in 1867. In 1889, the first long-distance commercial electric power transmission in the United States ran from Oregon City to Portland.

Oregon City, Oregon · United States