Show thancy SETTLED TOWNS NAME toss toe of coin resulted in of portland frank W ot of seattle has h the ponny penny tint that named the tha city of portland ore on the toss toes ol of this coin depended the cuelon whether the be willamette is should bo known as a portland or boston the tha cola turned tails stlla and nd the town wu was named litter after portland aa me the former home of 0 mr Pettye Petty groves father A L lovejoy of massachusetts a of 0 the party that laid out portland desired to came it 1305 boston ton litter the most important city in ills his bt te anted to name it gortland Fort rort land after the most important city in maine his native state they agreed to toss a penny I 1 heads to be boston tails to mean portland tho bt two in three to be the chogro won the first toss lovejoy won the second and tho third proved to be tails and portland it was tho the bouncer still lis hae abo identical penny and would not ta is oy o y amount of money for it ills ilia fa faer er kept it tor for a pocket docket piece aud and it has hall been handed down to the sort eon who bears his bis fathers name it Is dated 1835 1635 and Is one of those large coins in vogue at that time about the tire size ot of the quarter ol the present day |