When he was a young man he heard a number of stories outlasted he then decided to come on the hegon trail, when he arrived said he was barefoot and penniless. Wastrail that he arrived in a muddy little village. Cut the trees down and then not remove the stumps. People were hoping that the town would turn into something big. He was looking for a job, he added experience and printing so she went to work for the oregonian newspaper. He worked there for a number of years. The one who kept it going. The owner was distracted by politics. He would owe him him a lot of back wages. Give theyer decided to paper in return for back wages that he owed him. He became the owner of the oregonian newspaper and turned it into a success. To build a house in the town. The mansion is 16,000 square feet. Are over 23 sets of rooms inside of it. A very classic looking or your it is a very modern interior. He was in big believer in modern technology. It is centrally heated, it has electricity. There is a elevator, indirect lighting, whatever he did think of he would add into the house. Eyeing this location for a number of years. He eventually acquired 48 acres on the hilltop. It has a wonderful view of the city of portland which he helped build. It was a wonderful place for his family to spend time, he did spend a lot of time appear. Now we are in the library one of theion, it is rooms of the 16,000 square foot mansion. This is a Classical Library that has wood paneling, as well as interesting features at the top where it looks like the wood is carved into elaborate patterns. That is made of plaster to look like wood. About fireoncerned safety when they were building this mansion. This was very typical of him, he did know the value of a dollar and that is how he made his fortune. Libraryelpiece of the was really the centerpiece of the room. It sports his crest of the family did not have originally or historically. Once he made a fortune you could commission your own coat of arms. You would help establish and your family having some history. The oregonian printed their First Edition in 1860. He began to work there in 1853. At that time he decided to return the weekly newspaper into a daily newspaper. That would really help it grow and thrive. Along those lines it was going to be the first paper in the area to receive the news about the war. At that time the telegraph only reach as far as San Francisco. You had to pay extra to get a writer from horseback to bring the news to him first. That was a major step in making his paper more successful. The 1850s and 1860s are very different than what we see today. They were viewed as entertainment as well as political instruments. Each one representative from already and they were very much about opinion rather than act or newspaper when he took over the oregonian he took over a paper that was victorious for the oregon style of journalism. They would print all source of insults and did not care about the facts. Over the course of the years that he owned and ran the oregonian newspaper. He worked at making it much more is source of fact. Reporters would go out and capture what actually happened rather than just shout angrily at each other. There was a political agenda of each newspaper they were affiliated with lyrical parties. The oregonian was also affiliated with it party, it was a republican newspaper at the time. They had very different issues on the issues than they do today. Republicans were very much more economically conservative and about social views. He was very interested in carefully managing a business and making sure that cities like portland, oregon could grow and thrive. Are now at the Grand Staircase of the mansion. You he built this house really designed it to impress the people who came to visit here. This their cases probably the most in oppressive impressive feature of the house. With that fine woodwork that encourages people to come to the mansion. This landing is also the and thishis happened in 1912 when they were constructing the house. He arrived in portland in the 1850s, he said he was barefoot and without a cent. Over the course of his lifetime he was very interested in building a fortune to care for his family. To do that he actually started diversifying beyond just owning a newspaper. He saw this as a great opportunity to invest in real estate. He purchased a number of lots downtown and portland. He was able to sell those off throughout the years. In goods thated came his way. Those included banking as well as a sheep ranch in portland. Henry was also interested in impress in visitors but at heart he was a very frugal man. He would not spend except what was necessary. On hisd not spend it furnishings but he went on his newspaper. Here we have his original bed and some of the furnishings he had. It is not rebate or very grand. It was very functional. We also have eight and then to rate that shows what furnishings were in the house when he died. Us know how he would furnish the house. Instance it tells us what is in the grand ballroom in the basement. He was using that like a spare room and he was storing old unneeded furniture and broken furniture. He was always very happy and interested in investing the money he made it into the newspaper. He thought it was important to get the latest technology. He then took it trip down to San Francisco to buy the latest press to update his paper. He spent the equivalent of over half 1 million to purchase the new machines and installed us. Years he wase right the oregonian trying to get the first source of news. He would always spend extra money to bring the latest news to his readers. Is very much today about a print newspaper at its heart battling against the internet. It is to ever gets the news first that is why we are fighting against the internet. We do have our own Internet Branch but it is a challenge for readers to compete today that im sure he would have loved to take on. Collects our contest Cable Partners worked with to her staff when we traveled to portland, oregon. It is home to about 30,000 people. Onlearn more about portland American History tv
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