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What's in a Name?
In the early 1900s, Lownsdale Square was for men and Chapman Square was only for women and children. Here's why
What's in a Name?
Why two outdoor squares in Portland segregated men and women in the early 1900s
In the early 1900s, Lownsdale Square was only for men and Chapman Square was for women and children. Devon Haskins dug into the history to find out why.
What's in a Name?
Meet the Portland newspaper reporter who built and named Mill Ends Park
Dick Fagan, a reporter and columnist at the Oregon Journal, wrote a column called Mill Ends, where he created a fantasy world inside a park he called his own.
What's in a Name?
How a newspaper reporter came to name Portland's Mill Ends Park
Dick Fagan, a reporter and columnist at the Oregon Journal, wrote a column called Mill Ends where he created a fantasy world inside a park he called his own.
What's in a Name?
New low-income housing complex in Northeast Portland is named after couple with long legacy
From owning a night club, hair salon and restaurants, Paul Knauls and his wife, Geneva, have made their mark on the city. Now a housing complex is named after them.
What's in a Name?
New low-income housing complex in Northeast Portland named after longtime residents
From owning a night club, hair salon and restaurants, Paul Knauls and his wife Geneva have made their mark on the city. Now a housing complex is named after them.
What's in a Name?
When a Portland businessman patented a new kind of screw, it changed how quickly cars could be made
Henry Phillips' new screw design was a top choice for car manufacturers because of its ability to keep the screwdriver tip from slipping out of the screw's head.
What's in a Name?
The Portland businessman behind the Phillips screw
KGW Sunrise reporter Devon Haskins looked into Portland's connection to the Phillips screw.
What's in a Name?
A mistake in the 1960s helped this High Cascades lake get the name of Boo Boo
The latest What's in a Name? is about a lake in the High Cascades with a funny name. Devon Haskins went fishing for answers as to why it's called Boo Boo Lake.
What's in a Name?
How a mistake in the 1960s gave a High Cascades lake the name of Boo Boo
High in the hills, away from all the noise, sits Boo Boo Lake, a small two-acre lake that's jumping with three different kinds of trout.
What's in a Name?
How infrastructure and a name change helped transform Lake Oswego: 'They literally could not give away lake front property'
The city has always held the name Oswego, adding the word Lake in 1960, but the lake itself has held multiple names, including one named for lamprey eels.
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From Sucker Lake to Lake Oswego | What's in a Name?
KGW Sunrise's Devon Haskins explains how the popular Lake Oswego got its name.
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