Show CHANCE SETTLED TOWNS NAMIK toss TOIE of coin resulted in selection of portland frank W ol of seattle has the penny that named tho the city ot of portland ore on the toss tosa of this coin depended the quefton whether the willamette Wll lamette metro metropolis poIs should be known as portland or boston twice the coin turned tails and the town was wa named after Port portland lind me the former homo home of mr Petty groves a father A L I 1 lovejoy of massachusetts a member ot of the party that laid out portland desired to name it boston after the most important city in his ete wanted ranted to name it portland after the most important city in maine his native state they agreed to toss a penny heads to be ba boston tails to mean portland abe t 0 o batt two in three to bo be the choice choca won the first toss lovejoy won the second and the third proved to be tails and portland it was the younger still has the identical penny and would not tal ny n y amount of money for st it ills faer ta er kept 1 apt it tor for a pocket piece avd it has been handed down to the son who bears his fathers name it la is dated 1835 and Is one of those largo large coins cans in vogue at that time about tho the size of the quarter of the present day I 1 |