Portland, Oregon: Named in compliment to Portland, Maine. F. W. Pettygrove and Gen. A. L. Lovejoy, in 1843, were the purchasers of what was afterward Portland, and of which ground they were the first occupants. As a native of Maine, Pettygrove desired to compliment Maine in naming the locality, and similar motives prompted his partner to call it Boston (his native place). The controversy settled by tossing an old American red cent; the one who threw the most heads in three flips should name the town. The score is recorded;

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