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For reference: Present day Portland Avenue --Gladstone's main stree-- not only is the dividing line between east and
west Gladstone but also marks the adjoining boundaries of the two founding land claims as discussed in this history

Fred Lockley dedicates PowWow Tree.

1933 newspaper photo of PowWow Tree Dedication.
Fred Lockley, keynote speaker for the ceremony, placed a bronze plaque on the tree.

On what was once the southeast corner of the Rinearson Land, Gladstone's famous Pow-Wow Tree still stands. It is an important landmark in Gladstone's history and witness to clannish trade agreements, disputes and settlements, wedding ceremonies, burials and other such native community events. The tree also marked the entrance to the first Clackamas County Fair (1860) and the first Oregon State Fair (1861), which were held along the banks of the Clackamas River

During the Civil War, this same fairgrounds served as a place to muster cavalry volunteers for the federally authorized local militia. The PowWow Tree is located on Clackamas Blvd., one block west of Portland Ave.