Mount Tabor (Oregon)
extinct volcano in Portland, Oregon, USA
Mount Tabor is an extinct volcanic vent with a city park on the volcano, located in Portland, Oregon's neighborhood of the same name. The name refers to Mount Tabor, Israel. It was named by Plympton Kelly, son of Oregon City pioneer resident Clinton Kelly.
History
The Chinook people lived on the land around Mount Tabor before American settlers moved in. A massive fire erupted in 1846 east of what is now the Lents area and spread up to the Columbia River, which allowed them to settle on the land. The mountain was named by Plympton Kelly, the son of 1800's pioneer Clinton Kelly upon the construction of a schoolhouse nearby. He had contested the name Mount Zion proposed by his father, and suggested taking the name of Mount Tabor in Palestine (what is now Israel) based on a book he read about The 1799 Battle of Mount Tabor in Napoleon's conquests. After the establishment of Mount Tabor, more settlers moved into the area, forming a community with its own post office and judicial district. On March 5th, 1886, 50 masked men went with guns to round up over 100 Chinese workers on the mountain and had forcefully deported them via boat.
The development of railroads between Mount Tabor and the city center began in 1889 and led to many more people building homes on the mountain, increasing to 200 homes at the time.
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