Index

aerial tram. See Portland Aerial Tram

alpine ant (Formica neorufibarbis), 163, 179

American Greenways Program, 11

Angell Quarry, 119

animal tracks, 130–131

antlers, 169

Atfalati Indians. See Tualatin Indians

Audubon Society of Portland, 37

Balch Creek, 37, 43–44

basalt, 32, 103

beaver, 149–150

Beaver Ponds Loop, 14, 141, 142, 147

Beaverton, 138

blackberry, 39, 57, 63, 99, 117, 130, 156

bolete, 27

blue-staining (Gyroporus cyanescen), 164

Bonneville Power Administration Road. See BPA Road

Bonny Slope fire, 49, 50, 63

bootlegging, 89

BPA Road, 92–96, 98–99, 104, 109, 111–112

Brazil Electric Motors, 36, 38

broadleaf lupine (Lupinus latifolius), 140

Burlington, 123

Burlington Creek, 119–121, 126

Burlington Creek Loop, 16

Burlington Northern/Southern Pacific rail yard, 36

Burnett, Peter, 88–89

Cable Trail, 15–16, 139, 151, 154–159, 171

calamine lotion, 80

camas lily, 105

Canoe Indians, 174

Canon, “Ding”, 8, 53

Cascade Range, 94–95, 103, 168

cauliflower mushroom (Sparassis crispa; syn. Sparassis radicata), 42

cedar, 50, 78, 97, 112

Cha-kepi, 138

chanterelle, 27

Chestnut Trail, 41

Chinook Indians, 174

Clatsop Indians, 174

Coast Range, 11–12, 53

Columbia County, 174

Columbia Grain, 105

Columbia River, 12, 28, 94–95, 98, 102, 104, 110, 136, 138, 174

Committee of Fifty, 8, 53

common carp (Cyprinus carpio), 98

common raven (Corvus corax), 142

Connor Trail, 32

Cornelius Pass, 128

corpse plant, 177

cougar, 140, 163

Council Crest, 28, 31

coyote, 21, 31, 121, 163

Crabapple Creek, 136, 139, 141, 144–145, 148–149, 151, 153–156, 158–159, 161, 168, 171

crappie

black (Pomoxis nigromaculatus), 98

white (Pomoxis annularis), 98

creambush. See oceanspray

deer, 105, 121, 140, 149, 159, 163, 168

black-tailed, 130

Dix, John, 144

Dixie Mountain, 9, 136, 144

Dixie Mountain Strawberry Festival, 144

Doane Creek, 57

Double Cross Loop, 14, 16, 153

Douglas fir, 38, 47, 50–51, 64, 72, 78, 82, 91, 94–95, 97, 112, 126

Duniway Park, 26

eagle, 121, 150, 176

bald, 21, 98, 126, 140–141

Elbow Ridge View Hike, 16

elderberry, 28

elk, 105, 129, 130–131, 140, 159

Ennis Creek, 14, 16, 114–119, 121

epiparasites, 177

evening grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus), 86, 89

fairy slipper (Calypso bulbos), 176

Feed and Seed (Linnton), 90

fern

bracken, 125

maidenhair, 43

sword, 42

Fire Lane 1, 38, 43

Fire Lane 2, 47–48, 50

Fire Lane 3, 47–48, 52

Fire Lane 7, 55–56, 58–59, 73

Fire Lane 7a, 58, 73

Fire Lane 9, 86, 91

Fire Lane 10, 90–91, 97

Fire Lane 12, 14, 102–104, 106–107, 112

Fire Lane 13, 102, 106

Fire Lane 14, 104

Fire Lane 15, 104, 109–111

fly agaric (Amanita muscaria), 72

forest fire, 49, 63–64

Forest Heights, 52, 64

Forest Park, 11–12, 14, 38–39, 52–53, 74, 78, 94–96, 99, 102, 109, 118–119, 121, 126, 130

Forestry Building, 53

Fort Vancouver, 105

Fort Williams, 138

foxglove (Digitalis purpurea), 174

Friends of Forest Park, 53, 111, 119, 126

Friends of Marquam Nature Park, 29

fuel load, 64

Gas Line Road, 58

Gaston, 138

Germantown Road, 76–78, 86, 91, 97

ghost plant, 177

Glen Harbor (neighborhood), 88

grouse, 149

Guilds Lake, 44

Hadley, Douglas (Stories Told in Winter), 142

Hall, Ian R., 15

Hardesty Trail, 56, 59, 73

hawk, 121, 149

red-tailed, 140

hawthorn, 28

Hay, Keith, 8, 11

hemlock, 47, 50, 64, 78, 112

Hole in the Park, 97

homesteaders, 144

honey mushroom (Armillaria mellea), 96

Houle, Marcy Cottrell (One City’s Wilderness), 8, 53

huckleberry, 57, 97, 130

hypothermia, 19

Indian pipe (Monotropa uniflora), 177

ironwood. See oceanspray

Italian American community, 26

ivy, 90

Jackson, C. S., 33

Johns, James, 71

Jones Creek, 14, 172, 174

Joy Creek, 174, 177

Keil, Bill, 8, 53

Keyser, C. Paul, 8

Kielhorn Meadow, 111–112

Kiersinno Indians, 174

Knife River Angell Quarry. See Angell Quarry

Kuhn, David, 64

Lakeman-Orkney property, 31

Lane, Harry, 44

Leif Erikson Drive, 12, 39–41, 45, 48, 50, 61, 63, 65, 67, 73, 75, 78, 81–83, 86, 91

Lewis, Meriwether, 105

Linn, Lewis, 88

Linnton, 9, 71, 88–90

Linnton Plywood Mill, 90

Linnton Trail, 90

logging, 14, 62–63

Logie Trail, 136, 138, 152

Lower Golf Course Road, 141, 156–158

Lower Maple Trail, 61, 67

MacKay Avenue, 88

Mackenzie, Kenneth A. J., 32

Macleay Park, 44

maple, 140

big leaf (Acer macrophyllum), 86, 96

vine, 28, 47

Maple Trail, 48, 50, 64–65

Marinelli, John, 89

Marquam, Philip A., 26

Marquam Gulch, 25–26, 32

Marquam Hill, 26

Marquam Hill Road, 30–32

Marquam Nature Park, 28–30

Marquam Nature Park shelter, 24, 26, 30, 32

Marquam Street, 24, 26

Marquam Trail, 28–32

McCarthy Creek, 131

McCarver, Morton, 88

McNamee Road, 120, 123, 127, 129

Metro, 16, 97, 119, 121, 126

Miller Creek valley, 102, 108

morel, 27

Mount Adams, 38, 98, 102, 104, 136, 168, 171

mountain bikers, 39, 67, 174, 177

mountain quail (Oreortyx pictus), 138, 168

Mount Hood, 38, 98, 136, 168, 171

Mount Rainier, 98, 102, 110, 168, 171

Mount St. Helens, 38, 98–99, 102, 110, 136, 168, 171

mourning dove (Zenaida macroura), 57

Multnomah Channel, 138, 141

Multnomah County, 63

Multnomah Indians, 98, 105, 174

Munger, Thornton, 8, 53

mushrooms, 15, 51. See also specific mushrooms

mycorrhizae, 176–177

Nature Trail, 41–43

Nehalem River, 17

Newberry Road, 97, 99, 106, 112, 114–115, 118–119

Newton Meadow, 97

Newton Road Loop, 92–97, 99, 112,

northern flicker (Colaptes auratus), 30, 82

northwest spring coral mushroom, 96

oceanspray (Holodiscus discolor), 126

OHSU. See Oregon Health and Science University

Oil Line Road, 58

old growth, 86, 123, 126

orange milky cap (Lactarius aurantiacus), 72

orchids, 176

Oregon Department of Forestry, 17

Oregon Department of Transportation, 90

Oregon grape (Mahonia nervosa), 23, 156

Oregon Health and Science University, 26, 29, 31–32

Oregon iris (Iris tenax), 123

Oregon Journal, 33

Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Company, 33

Oregon Zoo, 29

Pacific Greenway, 8, 11

Pacific lamprey (Entosphenus tridentatus), 98

Pacific rhododendron (Rhododendron macrophyllum), 28

Pacific yew (Taxus brevifolia), 91

Patterson Creek, 136, 139, 153, 156, 158

Pence, Lafe, 44

Phillips Cemetery, 119

pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus), 29–30

pistol-grip trees, 32

poison oak (Rhus diversiloba), 80

Portland, City of, 33

Portland Aerial Tram, 33

Portland Parks and Recreation, 38–39

Portland State University, 24, 64

Port of Portland, 99, 104

praying mantis (Mantid religiosa), 123, 125

Prohibition, 89

pygmy goats, 91

Quinault Indians, 52

raspberry, 57, 99

red alder (Alnus rubra), 14, 51, 56, 64, 86, 96, 112

red baneberry (Actaea rubra), 65

Ridge Trail, 58, 69–71, 73

Rivergate Industrial District, 104

Robinson, Holton, 71

Rockingchair Creek, 50

Rocky Point Road, 136, 139, 141–142, 144, 149

rough-skinned newt, 149, 154

Runaway Ridge, 14, 16, 142, 144, 148–149, 161, 163

runners, 39, 48, 62, 86, 97

St. Helens, 123

St. Johns, 71

St. Johns Bridge, 35, 58, 69, 71

salal (Gaultheria shallon), 28, 51, 57, 99, 105, 130, 155–156

salmon, 105, 176

chinook (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), 99

coho (Oncorhynchus kisutch), 99

sockeye (Oncorhynchus nerka), 99

salmonberry, 57

Saltzman Creek, 40

Saltzman Road, 40, 60–61, 63–67

Sam Jackson Park Road, 24, 26

Sauvie Island, 98, 102, 104, 110, 138, 141

Sauvie Island Bridge, 106

Scappoose, 174

scat, 130–131

Schnitzer Steel Industries, 105

Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius), 130

shaggy parasol (Macrolepiota rachodes), 21

Shelter Trail, 29–30, 32

Shepherd, Richard, 41

skidder road, 156

skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus), 28

Skyline Boulevard, 16, 69, 81, 97, 104, 110–112, 136, 144, 152–153, 159, 171

Sky Ranch, 136

smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu), 98

smelt oil, 28

South Waterfront District, 33

Southwest Hills Residential League, 28

Springville, 75

Springville Road, 56, 59, 63, 69, 70, 73, 75, 78, 81–82

Steinman, David, 71

stinging nettle (Urtica dioica), 132

Stl’atl’imx Indians, 65

Strauss, Joseph, 71

streaked tricholoma (Tricholoma portentosum), 51

sturgeon, 105

white (Acipenser transmontanus), 98–99

Sturgeon Lake, 98

sulphur tricholoma (Tricholoma sulphureum), 51

Sunnyside Trail, 27–28

SWHRL. See Southwest Hills Residential League

Talbot, John, 26

taxol, 91

Tecnu, 80

Terwilliger Trail, 31–32

thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus), 57, 99, 130

Three Rivers Land Conservancy, 31

Thunder Crest (development), 46–47

tobacco, 105

trillium, 52

Trillium Trail, 54, 57–58, 73

trout, 105

cutthroat, 44

steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss), 99

Tualatin Indians, 138, 174

Tualatin Mountains, 12, 16, 26, 32, 41, 52, 56–58, 61, 86, 106, 121, 129, 131–132, 139, 152, 162, 168

Tualatin Plains, 89

Tualatin Valley, 12

turkey vulture (Cathartes aura), 106

Upper Golf Course Road, 156–157

Upper Maple Trail, 47

Upper Marquam Trail, 30

urushiol, 80

U.S. Forest Service, 63

Waldemere (neighborhood), 88

walleye (Stizostedion vitreum vitreum), 98

wappato, 105

warbling vireo (Vireo gilvus), 86

Washington County, 63, 144

Waterline Trail, 80–82

western tanager (Piranga ludoviciana), 86, 88

Wilark Avenue, 88

Wild Cherry Trail, 45

wild ginger (Asarum caudatum), 81–82

wild hogs, 26

wildlife corridor, 53

Wildwood Golf Course, 141, 158, 163

Wildwood Trail, 12, 29, 38, 43, 48, 50, 54, 57–58, 75, 78, 79, 81, 96–98, 111–112, 119

Willalatin Ridge Loop, 56, 78

Willamette Falls, 99

Willamette Heights, 44

Willamette River, 61, 71, 88–89, 94–95, 98–99, 102, 104–105, 118

witness post survey marker, 96

wood-cutting camp, 63

Wyeth, Nathaniel, 138

yellow-tipped coral mushroom (Ramaria rasilispora), 96, 103