The 9th Annual Vanport Jazz Festival announced its initial lineup for this summer’s return to University of Portland. The celebration of smooth sounds will bring award-winning global acts, pop ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) — Vanport was located in what is now Portland’s Delta Park area, until it was destroyed by a deadly flood in 1948. While many historic accounts focus on the horrific event, FOX ...
PORTLAND, Oregon — This month marks 75 years since the deadly Vanport flood in what is now North Portland. Once Oregon's second largest city, Vanport was a diverse community in a time when many of its ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — At its peak, more than 40,000 people called Vanport home during the World War II era. Vanport students, including Eva Red Bird’s grandma, in a school yearbook before the May ...
During the early 1940s, Vanport, Oregon, was the second largest city in the state. But on a Sunday afternoon in May 1948, it disappeared completely — destroyed by a catastrophic flood. A national ...
Seventy years after a flood washed it away, Vanport is having something of a comeback. In February, the Smithsonian Magazine published a long piece about the city's disappearance. The Oregon ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — This week marks the anniversary of the 1948 Vanport flood, an event that killed 15 people and displaced thousands of others from a culturally diverse city that was built in ...
Ever raced cyclocross, mountain, or road bikes at Portland International Raceway? Ever biked on the Columbia River Slough northwest of Kenton? Or maybe you’ve enjoyed the annual Winter Wonderland ...
When journalist and historian Laura Lo Forti moved to Portland from New York in 2014, she wanted to discover more about the new city she'd call home. What she found was the history of Vanport. In 2016 ...
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