Ginny Mapes
Ginny Mapes grew up in Hillsboro, Oregon and today lives on Logie Trail where she is a local historian, researcher, writer. After receiving a Master’s degree from Portland State University she continued post-graduate work at Pacific University in illustration and photography. She is a former educator and librarian. Ginny enjoys sharing the beauty and value of nature in artistic ways connecting it to history to make stories meaningful.
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William Johnson (1784-1848)
William Johnson was the first permanent European settler in what is now the City of Portland. In late 1841, he moved his family from Champoeg, about thirty miles to the south, and built a log cabin—15 by 35 feet, with a lean-to—on a knoll surrounded by a dense …
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