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Thompson Park is located in Northeast Portland
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Thompson Park
Thompson Park is a 4.42-acre public park in the Russell neighborhood of northeastern Portland, Oregon, United States. The park was acquired in 1986.
Year acquired
1986
Size in acres
4.42
History
David P. Thompson was close friends with Ulysses S. Grant in the late 1800s. Grant named Thompson the Governor of the Idaho Territory. Later, Thompson became mayor of Portland. He is responsible for the elk statue in the middle of SW Main in the Plaza Blocks. Not surprisingly, the statue is known as the Thompson Elk.