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The
original donation land claim, which is now First Addition, was taken in
1850 by Sarah & Josiah Franklin.
Its ownership passed several times, and in the 1890's was sold to
the Oregon Iron & Steel Company.
During the late 1800's, when Lake Oswego's iron smelter was
producing pig iron, great quantities of char coal were needed to keep
the furnace burning at a high temperature. The charcoal was produced by
cutting and stacking great quantities of wood in pits, covering it with
dirt and fir boughs, and burning it for a couple of weeks until the
charcoal was ready for delivery by wagon to the smelter.
It's likely that First Addition lost most of its native trees
during this time. With a
few exceptions, the trees on our walk today were planted since the
neighborhood developed around the turn of the century.  |
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