MONNOV 9
6:00 PM
Learning & TechHistory Talks
From Forest to Faucet: How the Bull Run Watershed Built Portland Presented by Joshua Jeffery History Pub
By the 1890s, Portlanders had fouled their own water supply with sewage. Typhoid followed. Their audacious solution was to reach into the forests below Mount Hood, capture the cold, clear water of Bull Run, and carry it 24 miles into town. Bull Run water helped drive out...