Locks were completed at Willamette Falls in 1873.
Starting in the 1820s, Oregon City developed near Willamette Falls.
The locks at Willamette Falls were completed in 1873.
Portland was swept over Willamette Falls on March 17, 1857 and destroyed, killing her captain and two others.
The division between the two stretches of the river occurs at Willamette Falls, which was impassable to waterborne traffic.
The city began at the river's edge, just above the crashing waters of Willamette Falls.
They covered 14 miles between Willamette Falls and Portland, Oregon.
Canemah was founded in 1845 and was the portage site around Willamette Falls for many years.
The side-wheeler Multnomah made her first run in August 1851, above Willamette Falls.
The area was first called Willamette Falls, but later shorten to Willamette.
