Tag: Guild’s Lake

  • Image of an airplane facing nose down. In the background in Forest Park

    Fun Fact #66 What was the name of the 1920s era airport at Guilds Lake?

    Yes there was once an airport in NW Portland, and it was the “Lewis & Clark Field”. The landing strip during the 1905 Exposition was called “Government Island”. Image courtesy Norman Gholston.

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  • Fun Fact #44 What is the wooden walkway and grate right at the beginning of the Lower Macleay Trail?

    What is the wooden walkway and grate right at the beginning of the Lower Macleay Trail? Answer: Trash Filters (As of 2025 the system has been rebuilt with metal bars.) Balch Creek/Kulla Kulla Once Connected to the Willamette River The urban stream known as Balch Creek goes underground in Lower Macleay Park, just before the […]

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  • 11 6x8 grade white children sitting at a dinning room table the teacher is at the head of the table there might be a schooll cafiteria behind. All the plates are empty but every plate setting would be 4H contest level today there are two american flags as center pieces

    Fun Fact #23 Headaches of Overcrowding

    Headaches of Overcrowding: The WWII Schooling Crisis at Guild’s Lake Courts and Chapman Grade School (Note: Reflecting on modern Portland Public Schools (PPS) enrollment challenges, this history highlights a time in during WWII when local schools faced unprecedented wartime overcrowding. When Dr. March wrote this blog post over a decade ago Chapman School was once […]

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  • Five children sitting on a wooden porch of a Guilds Lake war Housing House. There is a small pet dog in the picture. The big deal it that Swede a 5th or 6th grade student has huge feet you see the soles of his shoes.

    Fun Fact #10 Who was that big guy in the center?

    Who was that big guy in the center? He towered above his Lincoln High teammates, and he let them to a State Basketball Championship. Beverly Meskel: We all had fun down there. Everybody was friends—didn’t matter where you came from, you were all broke. We didn’t have anywhere to go…. We came from Minnesota where my dad […]

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