Packet B: Tossup 11

A founder of this city who sailed to it from New York on the Madonna was referred to as “Captain Couch.” To combat excessive alcohol drinking during lunch breaks, bronze water fountains called Benson Bubblers (10[1])were installed (10[3])throughout (10[2])this city. (10[2]-5[1])This city’s (10[1]-5[1])rapidly growing lumber industry resulted in its nickname “Stumptown.” (10[3]-5[2])This (-5[1])city was often called (10[1])“The Clearing” by its (10[1])early (10[1])settlers until (10[1])two major landowners, Francis Pettygrove and Asa (10[1]-5[1])Lovejoy, (10[2])determined (10[1])its (10[1])name through a two-out-of-three coin toss. (10[5]-5[2])An (10[1])unofficial (10[1])World’s (10[1])Fair (-5[1])hosted (-5[1])in this city, the 1905 (-5[1])Centennial Lewis and Clark Exposition, (10[1]-5[1])doubled (-5[2])this city’s (10[1]-5[1])population (10[1])and a neighboring state’s city of Vancouver. (10[7]-5[5])For (-5[1])10 points, (10[1]-5[2])what city (10[3])on the (10[1])Willamette (10[1]-5[1])River (10[1])developed (10[2]-5[1])into the most populous (10[1])in Oregon? (10[5])■END■ (10[20]0[2])

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