the MAP

 So fun and a very different kind of exercise for me to make a map of NW Portland to show the area when Dan Balch was given land for his homestead.

With the Donation Land Act, the US government gave Dan Balch the land for FREE, that is after the government rounded up the native people and moved them off the land and into internment camps.

Here is a link to the information - brief history of Balch Creek area.