Goose Hollow is a neighborhood in southwest Portland, Oregon . It acquired its distinctive name through early residents' practice of letting their geese run free in Tanner Creek Gulch and near the wooded ravine in the Tualatin Mountains known as the Tanner Creek Canyon. Tanner Creek Gulch was a 20-block-long, 50-foot-deep (15 m) gulch (or hollow ) that started around SW 17th and Jefferson and carried the waters of Tanner Creek into Couch Lake (now the site of Old Town/Chinatown and the Pearl District ). Over a century ago, Tanner Creek was buried 50 feet (15 m) underground (where it still drains the West Hills), and the Tanner Creek Gulch was filled in. The only remaining part of the hollow is the ravine, Tanner Creek Canyon, carved out by Tanner Creek through which The Sunset Highway carrying US-26 passes and which the Vista Bridge spans, also called the Vista Viaduct.
19-467: The historically important Canyon Road connects to Jefferson Street underneath the Vista Bridge and was also called "The Great Plank Road." Canyon Road passed through Tanner Creek Canyon, which is how the road acquired its name. However, in the 1960s the section of Canyon Road that passes through the canyon was elevated (infilled with excavated dirt from Interstate 405's construction) and is now just
38-870: A dirt road, which was often muddy, ran between Portland and the Tualatin Valley—starting on Jefferson Street at the Willamette River then passing through Tanner Creek Canyon that cuts through the Tualatin Mountains . A plank road was suggested by Portland entrepreneur and proprietor Daniel H. Lownsdale as a means to transport abundant Tualatin Valley farm produce and grains to California Gold Rush -inflated markets in San Francisco, California . Col. William Williams Chapman , another proprietor, expended time and expense providing
57-493: A new company to complete the road, and the city's merchant leaders (including William S. Ladd and Josiah Failing ) raised $ 75,000 for the new Portland and Tualatin Plains Plank Road Company, finishing the road by the end of 1856. The road, though never completely planked, was favored by farmers of Polk , Yamhill , and Washington counties since it saved between three and ten miles (16 km) travel to
76-646: A section of Highway 26. The Goose Hollow name had gone out of common usage for several decades until former mayor Bud Clark named his pub The Goose Hollow Inn in 1967 in an effort to "rekindle civic regard for the neighborhood." Clark resided in the Goose Hollow neighborhood. Goose Hollow is adjacent to Downtown Portland , Arlington Heights , the Pearl District , the Hillside neighborhood , Northwest District and Washington Park . Providence Park ,
95-495: Is 6.5 miles (10.5 km), and 2.7 miles (4.3 km) of the route is coterminous with U.S. Route 26 . In addition, the segment of the road signed as Oregon Route 8 under the name Canyon Road spans for 3.8 miles (6.1 km). There is an additional, small portion of a driveway in the Oregon Zoo parking lot that is also named Canyon Road; this is a continuation of a local suburban street named Canyon Court . By 1851,
114-469: Is a 6.5 mi (10.5 km) major road and partial state highway , which serves as a connector between Beaverton and Portland, Oregon , United States . It was the first major road constructed between the Tualatin Valley and Portland, and has contributed significantly to Portland becoming the area's major deep water port , and subsequent early growth of the city. The total modern length
133-588: Is the commencement of an era of commercial prosperity which will continue to increase until the iron horse takes the place of the plank road. —Mr. Tilford, orator at Canyon Road's laying of first plank. In August 2015, remnants of the Great Plank Road were unearthed during a road widening project in Beaverton. The pieces weren't salvageable. The historic route is almost completely paved over by modern roads. Beginning at Goose Hollow near where
152-621: The Multnomah Athletic Club , and Lincoln High School , the oldest high school in the Pacific Northwest , are located in Goose Hollow. Areas included within the Goose Hollow neighborhood are King's Hill, Vista Ridge, Gander Ridge, and the adjacent flats near the path of Tanner Creek. King's Hill is separated from Vista Ridge by the Tanner Creek Canyon spanned by the Vista Bridge . Vista Ridge (where
171-716: The Vista Bridge is now ( 45°31′09″N 122°41′53″W / 45.51925°N 122.697973°W / 45.51925; -122.697973 ( Canyon Road (east end) ) ), Jefferson Street transitions into Canyon Road, both in street signs and modern maps. It went up the canyon behind the Vista Ridge Tunnels where the Sunset Highway —also known as U.S. Route 26 —goes over Sylvan hill. Slightly west of Sylvan, an interchange with modern Canyon Road, also known as Oregon Route 8 , continues southwest into Beaverton. Two blocks west of Cedar Hills Boulevard, at
190-592: The Vista Ridge Tunnels are located) is separated from Gander Ridge by Cable Car Canyon. From 1890 to 1905 a steep and enormous trestle bridge passed through this canyon, carrying cable cars up to Portland Heights. The neighborhood boundaries range (north/south) from Burnside Street to the low slopes of the West Hills (officially known as the Tualatin Mountains ) and (east/west) from I-405 to Washington Park . The MAX Light Rail system travels through
209-423: The Vista Ridge Tunnels . However, Tanner Creek Canyon was originally a much deeper and narrower ravine. In the early twentieth century, when Tanner Creek was buried as it passes through Tanner Creek Canyon, the canyon was enlarged and infilled to raise Canyon Road. Then, in the 1960s when I-405 was being constructed, the excavated dirt was trucked into the canyon to further expand and fill Tanner Creek Canyon. This
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#1732790235171228-550: The 2004 film What the Bleep Do We Know!? were filmed in Goose Hollow and included views of the Vista Bridge and the Goose Hollow/SW Jefferson St (MAX station) . In 2010, the title shot for Portlandia was photographed from Goose Hollow's Vista Bridge . Notes Bibliography Canyon Road Download coordinates as: Canyon Road (formerly known as Great Plank Road )
247-515: The basics for fledgling Portland in an effort to counter competition by other upstart towns and Hudson's Bay Company . He founded The Oregonian , enlarged Portland's platt, improving the city's streets, and ushered construction of Canyon Road. Others already invested in the city contributed to help make Portland the prime seaport of the region, including persuading others to join them, removing river obstructions, and importing goods from Asia and beyond. The Portland & Valley Plank Road Company
266-566: The contract to a sawmill owned by himself and Simeon Reed , and the first plank was laid on September 27, 1851, leading to a large celebration. By November 1851, less than $ 3,000 in pledges had been collected, while $ 11,000 had been spent. The road had progressed fewer than three miles. The route, however, was excavated, following the canyon of Tanner Creek on the east side of the Tualatin Mountains. By spring of 1852, just over $ 6,000 had been collected and $ 14,000 spent, leading to
285-533: The junction with Hocken Road ( 45°29′17″N 122°48′46″W / 45.488163°N 122.812858°W / 45.488163; -122.812858 ( Canyon Road (west end) ) ), the contemporary road name changes to Tualatin Valley Highway ("TV Highway", though the original plank road continued farther west. A plaque to commemorate the road was placed in the South Park Blocks by
304-816: The neighborhood, stopping at Providence Park and Goose Hollow/SW Jefferson St stations. Goose Hollow is also served by two major freeways: Interstate 405 , which divides it from Downtown Portland, and U.S. Route 26 , which passes under and through part of the neighborhood through the Vista Ridge Tunnels . The Goose Hollow Inn, a tavern on SW Jefferson, was owned by former mayor Bud Clark . Notable residents of Goose Hollow have included: Daniel H. Lownsdale , Charles Erskine Scott Wood , Congresswoman Nan Wood Honeyman , Erskine Wood, Dr. Marie Equi , John Reed , Abigail Scott Duniway , Julius Meier , Dr. Lendon Smith , Pietro Belluschi , Minor White , Milton Wilson, Chuck Palahniuk , former Mayor Bud Clark , Ken Shores, George Johanson, and Jean Auel . The opening scenes for
323-411: The next nearest ports at St. Johns and St. Helens , but on a rough muddy road through deep woods. Harvey W. Scott said this new toll road was still difficult for travel and the entrance was "almost inaccessible", but the road was finished. Part of Highway 26 now passes through Tanner Creek Canyon—the canyon near the Oregon Zoo as the highway approaches Portland's Goose Hollow neighborhood via
342-412: The replacement of management and directors. The project remained incomplete for three years until Supreme Court Justice Cyrus Olney required subscribers to pay at least 80% of the pledged amount. Back wages were still owed by December 1855, leading Olney to demand full payment from subscribers and for county sheriffs to find delinquent subscribers. On January 25, 1856, the territorial government hired
361-544: Was chartered in January 1851 by the territorial government . Editor of the Weekly Oregonian newspaper, Thomas J. Dryer , immediately invested $ 500 and promoted the project. Stephen Coffin and William W. Chapman pledged $ 3000, with Daniel H. Lownsdale pledging $ 2,000. Ultimately over $ 35,000 was pledged but not all was paid, with Coffin, Chapman and Lownsdale likely to have not paid in full. Coffin gave
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