Portland. Cultural history While visual arts had always been important in the Pacific Northwest, the mid-1990s saw a dramatic rise in the number of artists, independent galleries, site-specific shows and public discourse about the arts. Several arts publications were founded. The Portland millennial art renaissance has been described, written about and commented on in publications such as ARTnews, Artpapers, Art in America, Modern Painters and Artforum and discussed on CNN. The Wall Street Journal Peter Plagens noted the vibrancy of Portland's alternative art spaces. See also James B. Stephens James C. Hawthorne A Day Called 'X' Columbus Day Storm of 1962 Mount Hood Freeway Mayors of Portland Timeline of Portland, Oregon History of the Japanese in Portland, Oregon References Further reading ; full text online Abbott, Carl. Portland in Three Centuries: The Place and the People (Oregon State University Press; 2011) 192 pages; scholarly history online Abbott, Carl. Portland : gateway to the Northwest (1985) online In Three Volumes. Volume 1 | Volume 2 | Volume 3 Johnston, Robert D. The Radical Middle Class: Populist Democracy and the Question of Capitalism in Progressive Era Portland, Oregon (2003) Leeson, Fred. Rose City Justice: A Legal History of Portland, Oregon (Portland: Oregon Historical Society Press, 1998) ; online full text; also see online review MacColl, E. Kimbark, and Harry H. Stein. "The Economic Power of Portland's Early Merchants, 1851-1861." Oregon Historical Quarterly 89.2 (1988): 117-156. Elma MacGibbons reminiscences of her travels in the United States starting in 1898, which were mainly in Oregon and Washington. Includes chapter "Portland, the western hub." Merriam, Paul Gilman. "Portland, Oregon, 1840–1890: A Social and Economic History". Ph.D. dissertation. University of Oregon, Department of History, 1971. Mullins, William H. The Depression and the Urban West Coast, 1929-1933: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, and Portland (2000) Scott, H. W. ed. History of Portland, Oregon, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens and Pioneers (D. Mason & Company, 1890) 792pp full text online External links Postcards and snaps from the past at PdxHistory.com Historical Timeline at Portland City Auditor's Office Wartime Portland at Oregon Historical Society Portland page at Oregon History Project (Oregon Historical Society) Capsule histories of years 1974–99 at Willamette Week Transportation history, Portland Bureau of Transportation A pictorial history of the Portland Waterfront Willamette Valley Portland, Oregon