Top: <i>Mount Jefferson, Oregon, 1891</i>, by Myra Albert Wiggins, part of the Western photography collection at the Portland Art Museum. Bottom: <i>Arrival of the Westerners</i>, Japanese, 17th century.
The Portland Aerial Tram links Oregon Health and Science University with the city's South Waterfront. (Kimberly Marlowe Hartnett) Inset: <i>Oregonian</i> writer Randy Gragg. (<i>Oregonian</i>)
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