Portland, Oregon

Portland is a city located near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. With a population of 568,380 it is Oregon's most populous city, and the third most populous city in the Pacific Northwest.

Portland in The Two Georges
West Boston was a major city in the North American Union province of |Oregon. It was located on the banks of the Columbia river. Rumor had it that the first settlers, who were from Massachusetts, argued over naming it that or West Portland and settled the dispute by spinning a shilling.