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03.28.2012 |The Building & Planning Departments have moved to a new office location as of April 2, 2012, the new location is 2200 SW 18th Way MAP 1.18.2012 |Court sessions will be temporarily held at 05.15.2012 |City Council Candidate Filing Information 05.14.2012 |Advertisement for Bids - College Nature Park Trail 05.14.2012 |East Metro Connections Plan Online survey through June 3 05.11.2012 |Advertisement for Bids 05.01.2012 |May/June Champion 02.21.2012 |Mayor's State of the City Message
Troutdale is a community with a rich historic past. The area at the confluence of the Sandy and Columbia Rivers was "discovered" in the autumn of 1792 by Lt. Broughton and his men. The Crew was traveling aboard a British vessel under command of Captain George Vancouver who was aboard another vessel. They were ascending the Columbia River, when they reached a point just east of the mouth of the Sandy River. This point, immediately across the Sandy River from Troutdale, was named Broughton's Bluff, many years later. Mount Hood, however, was seen and named on this location at that time. The earliest settlers came in 1850 and 1851. Early donation land claims were filed by John Douglass, D.F. Buxton, Benjamin Hall, Stott and Hicklin. Family records credit David F. Buxton as Troutdale's true founder. He filed a donation land claim in 1853 in the center of...read more
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