PDX Social History Guide

The Shoreline of the Willamette

Leading Oregon's Suffrage Movement

A Missing Memorial

Missing On the Waterfront

The Psychedelic Market

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Welcome to the PDX Social History Guide, brought to you by Know Your City.

This guide features location-based stories reflecting the multicultural history of downtown Portland, OR, USA.

PDX Social History Guide brings these stories to the surface through interviews, mapping, art and photos. Each story features a summary, audio clip, and an image or map. You can start exploring by selecting a theme below.

African American History

Portland's Historic Golden West Hotel
Chinese Immigrants

Stories of Portland's Chinese Community
Jewish History

Reminiscing about South Portland
Native Stories

From Celilo Falls to Oregon City
History of Old Town

Bars, floods and crimping
Women's History

Suffrage and the Portland Women's Club
LGBT Civil Rights

From the 1970s to Today
Lesbian History

Forming households in SE Portland in the 70s
Worker's History

Portland's Radical and Labor History