Spring Work Party
Please join us on May 18th and 19th for a cemetery work party. Arrow Sanitation has donated a yard box and Metro has provided a disposal voucher. It will be the first occasion of use for the new utility gate funded through a Portland Development Commission grant. We hope to have the cemetery in a state
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Happy New Year!
The Historic Columbian Cemetery board and volunteers wish all of you a wonderful New Year! Thank you to all the supporters of the cemetery. In the past year, much has occurred on the cemetery grounds and behind the scenes. Most recently, the work on the fence and trees has been completed, though the cemetery archway will
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Veteran’s Day
The Boy Scouts will be holding a work party on November 11th in honor of Veteran’s Day. Thank you so
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Oregon Heritage Grant, 2012
Thanks to a generous award from the Oregon Historic Cemetery Grant program, HCC will be thinning, bracing, and removing trees most at risk. This funding will help ensure the survival of a large elm and beautiful maple. In addition two non-viable trees will be removed for safety and one large limb extending over Columbia Boulevard will be
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Contact HCC
We would love to hear from members, families, and friends of the Historic Columbian Cemetery. Contact Information: info@savecolumbiancemetery.org Further contact information can be found
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PDC Grant, 2012
Great News! Many of you have noticed the gap in the front fencing left after a hit and run accident a few years ago. HCC has been awarded funding to repair the front fence and install a utility gate for cemetery work parties. Thank you so much to the Portland Development Commission! The work will be
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Thank You!
Memorial Day Cleanup and Flag Placing! Thanks to Boy Scout Troop #71 and Girl Scout Troop #45497 for helping prepare the grounds for Memorial Day
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People of Columbian
As the HCC Board works to collect all cemetery records, the families and friends of those resting at the Historic Columbian Cemetery are encouraged to contact us via info@savecolumbiancemetery.org. We welcome your stories and details of those buried at HCC. In addition, the Board is collecting information for a contact list that will be used for
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Historic Columbian Cemetery
The Historic Columbian Cemetery is part and parcel of the North Portland community: an essential point where the twain—life and death—meet. The earliest monument, raised to Captain Lewis Love’s son-in-law, stands half-hidden amid rows of hedges planted to commemorate infants lost in another age. Captain Love had wanted only Oregon Pioneers to be buried in
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Walking Map
Several maps and surveys of the cemetery have been provided to us. We plan to create a master walking map as this project gets underway. For now, here is an assortment of maps to browse: 1869 July 1905 1912 Myrtle Sec Annex 1948 Myrtle Sec 1942 Freeway Section 10 Blks 21 to
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