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Philip Augustus Marquam

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Less than two years after arriving in Oregon, Marquam married Emma Kern, on May 8, 1853. Eleven children were born to the couple, four sons and seven daughters. The youngest child, Thomas Alfred "Tom" Marquam, served as
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Hazen, David W. (April 2, 1934). "Romantic Portland Streets: Marquam Road Named in Honor of Philip A. Marquam, One of Portland's Picturesque Pioneers, Who Came to City in 1851".
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block bounded by Broadway, Alder, 6th and Morrison streets, which block was owned by Marquam. In the south half of the same block he built an eight-story office building, the
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In 1862, he was elected Multnomah County judge. He served eight years in the position, having been re-elected to a second four-year term in 1866.
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Marquam died at the home of one of his daughters, in southwest Portland, shortly after midnight on May 8, 1912, four days after suffering a
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in Portland, later renamed the Orpheum Theater. The theater was torn down in the 1922. It was located in the
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in Portland, opened in 1966, Marquam Hill and the adjacent Marquam Gulch and
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Chronicles of the Builders of the Commonwealth: Historical Character Study.
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in southwest Portland. The hill was part of a 300-acre (1.2 km)
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Republican Party members of the Oregon House of Representatives
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he purchased for $ 2,500 in 1857 from John Donner, brother of
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Oregon Legislative Assembly (12th) 1882 Regular Session
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In 1882, Marquam was elected as a Republican to the
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Philip A. Marquam

Maryland
Portland, Oregon
U.S. state
Oregon
Baltimore, Maryland
Indiana
Bloomington, Indiana
California
gold rush
Yolo County
Portland, Oregon
Multnomah County, Oregon
Marquam Hill
donation land claim
George Donner
Donner Party
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Oregon House of Representatives
Multnomah County
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
Marquam Grand Opera House
downtown Portland
Marquam Building
Northwestern National Bank Building
mayor
Fairbanks
Alaska

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