BOISE NEIGHBORHOOD HISTORY

STORIES FROM BOISE history

Historic Documents

Reuben Patrick Boise was a Portland school board member in the 1850s. He went on to become a circuit judge and then a member of the Oregon Supreme Court.

See blog post: "How Do You Pronounce Boise?" for more background.

Like all Portland neighborhoods, Boise has a complex and important history. Follow the links below to learn more.

• 1803 Fund - Rebuild Albina

• Walking Tour - Echoes: Albina Soul walk

• Boise Neighborhood 1993 Plan

• Boise Voices Oral History Project

• Albina Neighborhood Improvement Project, 1962 Plan

• ANIIC-DOPE 1965

• Bleeding Albina: A History of Community Disinvestment, 1940–2000

• KGW 1967 Documentary: Albina, Portland’s Ghetto of the Mind

• Portland Civil Rights: Lift Ev'ry Voice

• Albina Vision Series - PBS Documentary October 2024

• The History of Portland's African American Community (1805 to the Present)

• Northeast Passage: The Inner City and the American Dream

• Priced Out | Portland’s History of Segregation and Redlining - Full Documentary

• Historical Documents from Newspaper Clippings

Find even more on the Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods history page.

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