Welcome!
This part will explain how this Web page works with the book.
Portland in 1888
An enormous and detailed panoramic view of the city of Portland in 1888, produced by The West Shore magazine.
Variety theater dancers, 1901
Page 2: Two Vaudeville girls getting ready to go on stage in a variety theater in Alaska during the Yukon Gold Rush. The woman on the left is "Klondike Kate" Rockwell, later a Central Oregon legend.
Jonathan Bourne, Jr., in the 1880s
Page 3: Jonathan Bourne, Jr., as he appeared in the 1880s, shortly after his arrival in Portland. Art is an oil-on-masonite painting by Leland John of Oregon City.
Portland Harbor in the 1890s
Page 5. A hand-tinted postcard image of the Portland waterfront after the turn of the century.