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Portland, Ore. |
 | | Portland was incorporated as a city in 1851. |
 | | In the 1850s Portland served as a supply base for the California gold rush, and it grew with the development of its salmon and lumber industries and the arrival of the railroad in 1883. |
 | | Portland, William Bentinck, 1st earl of - Portland, William Bentinck, 1st earl of, 1649–1709, Dutch statesman in England. |
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