Praying for Portland Neighborhoods: Northwest Portland
One generation shall praise Your works to another, and shall declare Your mighty acts. Psalm 145:4 Burnside Street divides the Northeast and Northwest quadrants of Portland from the Southeast and Southwest areas. The western edge of Northwest Portland includes Forest Park and residential areas such as Northwest Heights, Hillside, and Sylvan Highlands. The NW also contains Goose Hollow, the Downtown, the Pearl District, and Old Town China Town. The very earliest history of Portland is contained here. In 1840, John Cushing, a Massachusetts merchant who had made his fortune in China, turned his attention to the Pacific Northwest. He saw the potential and began using his political and financial influence to have Oregon claimed by the United States. In support of this, he hired twenty-eight-year-old Captain John Couch to sail around the Horn, up the Columbia to Willamette Falls and Oregon City. Captain Couch did this a few times, then settled in Oregon City as a merchant and too...