Save The Date ~ There will be horse racing on Labor Day !
Fun Fact: The Wm. R. Letson Motor Inn Garage assembled St. Johns first motorized fire truck.
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The Sons of Slabtown is the latest publication by Donald R. Nelson. Other works include A Pictorial History of St. Johns, Portland's Washington Park - A Pictorial History, The South Park Blocks...A Neighborhood History, The Bethany Community: As it Was and is Today, and several others.
Don Nelson has a hit for extra bases with The Sons of Slabtown. It's an extraordinary pictorial history of a legendary section of Portland, with a strong focus on baseball, hockey and the athletic venues that inhabited the area through the first half of the 20th century. Kerry Eggers sports columnist, Portland Tribune
April 18, 1922 - Opening Day at Vaughn Street Baseball Park. One of the new Portland Beavers players was Jim Thorpe, Olympian Gold Medalist in 1912.
Davidson's Sunbeam Bread and Signal Products were longtime supporters of the Portland Beavers.
Saving the price of admission.
Published in 2011, availability of this book is now limited.
Willamette Bridge Railway Company Engine #5 and passenger car, circa 1891. Richard Thompson photo.
St. Johns Ferry, circa 1910.
PDXHistory.com photo.
Bonham and Currier Building as it appeared in 1937. Occupants on the 2nd floor included the medical office of longtime St. Johns resident Dr. Dennis S. Swart.
