[or-roots] Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition 1905

[Leslie Chapman]

Trish; What specifically are you looking for, one of my something or other cousins was in the mining industry around that time period and it seems to me like he might have worked for that outfit at one time.
As to the exposition I had thought I knew something about it since my grandfather had helped work on the log cabin, but I never knew that the log cabin was only a very small part of it;
http://www.history.pdx.edu/guildslake/thefair/fairself2.htm
For those unfamiliar with the neighborhood ( like me) the location is west of the Fremont bridge and the Montgomery Burns warehouse seems to be more or less in the center of the exposition grounds.
http://columbiariverimages.com/Regions/Places/lewis_clark_1905_exposition.html
Has a whole bunch of penny postcards from the expo and some interesting history from the expo and also an analysis of Lewis and Clark journal entries in relation to places in Portland that I have never seen before.
It looks like I could spend a week on this subject, as there are a lot of web pages devoted to it. Good luck
Les Chapman
here is a 6 page summary of the gig and it doesn't even mention the log cabin as far as I could tell from skimming it. Most of the exposition was in 

--- On Mon, 2/7/11, Trish Neal <trisch at charter.net> wrote:

From: Trish Neal <trisch at charter.net>
Subject: [or-roots] Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition 1905
To: "'or-roots mail list'" <or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
Date: Monday, February 7, 2011, 2:39 PM

Is there anyone on this list who may be familiar with the Lewis and Clark Centennial Expo held in Portland in 1905? I’m searching for a Chicago company which was supposed to have an exhibit there showing off their Alaskan garnets. The company was Alaskan Ruby Mining and Development Co. They contracted with a San Diego jewelry firm to cut 25,000 garnets for the expo.  Thanks!  Trish    
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