Milwaukie tourist information
Milwaukie, OR is located in Clackamas County in the northern section of the Willamette Valley. Recreational amenities in Milwaukie and its vicinity include, but are not limited to, the North Clackamas Aquatic Park, the Springwater Trail, and a Willamette River boat ramp. Clackamas County contains many amenities a short drive away including Mt. Hood and Timberline Ski areas, Molalla River State Park, and much more.
Milwaukie is 39 feet above sea level. The monthly average low temperature is 35 degrees Fahrenheit and the monthly average high is 82 degrees Fahrenheit. The hottest month is August and the coldest month is January. The driest month is July and the wettest is December. The average annual precipitation is 47.060 inches.
The early promise of a bright future for Milwaukie was not to be realized immediately. Lot Whitcomb’s town, despite agricultural and industrial prestige and activities, did not grow into the metropolis of its founder’s dreams. It became and remained a typical pioneer village. Out of it came a notable cultural, educational, and political leadership, recognized throughout the entire area, but no master hand or spark was present to lift it to greatness. Thus it stood through its first half century, while its neighbors attained growth and distinction. It was problems and dangers which finally energized the community. The ever-present hazard of the powder houses which had been built along the railroad, coupled with the realization of the miserable conditions of streets and townsite, aroused the citizens to the needs of incorporation. The original petition, signed by a number of townspeople in 1901 began the action, at last to result in city status on February 4, 1903.
The first Council consisted of Mayor William Shindler, Owen J. Roberts, president, Casper Kerr, Gottlieb Keller and James Reid. The recorder was F.H. Lechler; the first treasurer, Charles McCann and the first Marshall, Jess Keck. The first “city hall” was in rented quarters at the southwest corner of Main and Jefferson Streets.
At the first Council meeting on June 2, 1903 action was started on a number of matters, one of which was to culminate in Ordinance Number One, under date of July 3, 1903: “Providing for the regulation of the storage of gunpowder, dynamite, giant powder, nitroglycerine and all other explosive materials and to prevent its storage within the limits of the Town of Milwaukie.” The provisions of this act resolved a potentially dangerous situation. Hoboes, travelling along the railroad, were erecting makeshift shelters for themselves and lighting fires beside the powder house, and apprehension grew that a major disaster could occur.
The neglect of years descended on the Council like an avalanche. There was no money, a need the city officials met by a donation of $1 each to get the city into business. A poll tax of $2 was soon authorized and collected. Sidewalks needed to be built; streets had to be improved; sewers and streetlights had to be provided; fire protection was desperately needed. A volunteer department with man-drawn hose carts was organized in 1904. There was no municipal water system. Policing of the municipality demanded attention. The solution of these and other problems formed the grist for the City Hall mill for the coming years.
Ordinances providing for the manner in which street improvements were to be made, prohibiting the riding of bicycles on sidewalks, punishment of disorderly persons, curfew, regulation of the roaming of livestock on the streets, soon followed.
Fire protection, from the formation of the volunteer unit of 1904, using horse or man drawn hose carts, proceeded through the stages of paid fireman, supplemented by an organized unit of citizens trained and ready for emergencies, to the full-fledged and efficient fire department of the present day.
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