Vanport, sometimes referred to as Vanport City or Kaiserville, was a city of wartime public housing in Multnomah County, Oregon, United States, between...
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into one of Oregon's most diverse trades. The establishment of Vanport coincided with an unprecedented influx of African-Americans into Oregon, attracted...
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Vanport may refer to: Locations Vanport, Oregon Vanport Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania Companies Vanport Manufacturing, a logging company This...
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additional 100,000 people lived and/or worked in nearby cities such as Vanport, Oregon City, and Troutdale. The war jobs attracted large numbers of African-Americans...
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1948 Columbia River flood (redirect from Vanport Flood)
The 1948 Columbia River flood (or Vanport Flood) was a regional flood that occurred in the Pacific Northwest of the United States and Canada. Large portions...
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Sellwood Vanport West Salem Willamette Winchester List of counties in Oregon List of census-designated places in Oregon List of ghost towns in Oregon "Incorporated...
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Bank Umpqua Research Company United Bicycle Institute Vajra Enterprises Vanport Manufacturing Vari-Prop VeriWave Vernier Software & Technology Webtrends...
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population of Vanport City, Oregon, which was also built by Henry J. Kaiser to house the workers of the three area shipyards. The former site of Oregon Shipbuilding...
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The Vanport Library served the short-lived community of Vanport, Oregon from August 3, 1943 until the city was flooded in 1948. It had 2,500 books upon...
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city. Vanport, built north of Portland in 1943 to house workers for Kaiser Shipyards, was destroyed by a flood five years later. In 1968, the Oregon Legislative...
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