Round 2: 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 were installed throughout this city. This city’s rapidly growing lumber industry resulted in its nickname “Stumptown.” This city was often called “The Clearing” by its early settlers until two major landowners, Francis Pettygrove and Asa Lovejoy, determined (10[1])its name through a two-out-of-three coin toss. An unofficial World’s Fair hosted in this city, the 1905 Centennial Lewis and Clark Exposition, doubled this city’s population and a neighboring state’s city of Vancouver. (-5[1])For 10 points, what city on the Willamette River developed (-5[1])into the most populous (10[1])in Oregon? (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

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