April 1, 1948: The Freedom Train Stops in Portland
April 2, 1806: William Clark and Men Camp Near Cathedral Park
April 3, 1893: City of Mt. Angel Incorporated
April 4, 1906: Women’s Suffrage Conference Takes Place in Portland
April 5, 1972: Portland and Vancouver Tornado Cuts a Deadly Swath
April 6, 1984: Pioneer Courthouse Square Opens
April 7, 1890: The Portland Hotel Opens
April 8, 1977: Portland Trail Blazers Sellout String Begins
April 9, 1910: First Successful Flight of an All-Oregon-Built Plane
April 10, 1865: Oregon Volunteers Leave Fort Hoskins
April 11, 1806: Meriwether Lewis’ Dog is Stolen
April 12, 1887: First Morrison Street Bridge Opening Ceremony
April 13, 1886: Oregon Supreme Court Admits First Woman Lawyer, Mary Leonard, to State Bar
April 14, 1962: Packy the Pachyderm Born at the Portland Zoo
April 15, 1955: New Umatilla Bridge Dedicated
April 16, 1968: John Day Dam Gates Close
April 17, 2008: Timber Jim Retires
April 18, 1976: Edison Chiloquin Lights a Sacred Fire
April 19, 1987: The Simpsons First Aired
April 20, 1825: David Douglas Arrives at Fort Vancouver
April 21, 1926: Ginger Rogers Dances at Hunt’s Craterian in Medford
April 22, 1913: Portlanders Celebrate Broadway Bridge Opening
April 23, 1873: The Daisy Ainsworth Launches from The Dalles
April 24, 1958: City of Portland Takes Ownership of the SP 4449
April 25, 1935: Fire Destroys Oregon State Capitol
April 26, 1869: Classes Begin at Portland’s First Public High School
April 27, 1792: Captain George Vancouver Almost Discovers the Columbia River
April 28, 1854: First Newspaper in Southern Oregon Published
April 29, 1989: Africa Savannah Exhibit Opens at the Zoo
April 30, 1946: Filmmaker Bill Plympton Born in Portland