“Before 19 when city lots were staked out, much of this was an apple orchard, the remnants of which can still be seen in some back yards. Read on, from local resident Rod Paulson written in January 1976: We’ve come across several interesting descriptions that will feed your curiosity and the way you think about this landscape. While today it’s an orderly grid of streets and homes dating from 1922, less than 100 years ago the sloping landscape just below Alameda ridge that you see here was an important part of Portland’s eastside agriculture. We’ve created a category here on the blog ( The Plats) to hold our ongoing exploration of these stories. We all live somewhere in a plat and each has its own unique story, players and moment in history. Think of a plat as a road map filed by developers for organizing property into individual lots and streets (read more about the relationship between plats and neighborhoods here). Here’s a look at the geography.ĭetail from the Homedale Plat, filed in 1921. Today, it’s considered part of the Alameda neighborhood. However, we didn't feel welcomed here.Homedale is the name of the property plat-once part of an orchard and dairy-that occupies the landscape bounded roughly by Fremont and Ridgewood, between NE 19th and NE 24th. Agree with other reviews that the campground is beautiful, grassy, and great wide spots. Had we not already set up our trailer, we probably would have left - it was a bad feeling and we never felt comfortable at this campground. But it would have been much better received had he handed us the rules and asked that make sure we follow them rather than reading each one to us and threatening us with eviction if we don't follow them. I understand that Dave wants to insure the protection of his property and his permanent tenants. We camped at two other campgrounds on this trip and neither one overstated or even stated what their rules were or what the ramifications were if they were not followed. Having two dogs we always assume the campground has strict rules regarding the care of and pick-up after your dogs. We have camped at many campgrounds with some having strict rules. We set up our trailer and we went back to see Dave and complete our check-in. Dave wasn't around when we arrived but their was a note with our name and the spot we were reserved. Oh and it was fairly close to several wineries we wanted to visit. We reserved this park several months ago because the grounds looked lovely, full hook-ups, and a great view of the river. Overall, if we were going back to that area of Idaho we all agreed we would definitely stay there again. The water tastes funky but it’s not dangerous. Beautiful, quiet, they allow dogs on leashes, right next to the river and reasonably priced. There are quite a lot of mosquitos but I expect that next to a river and with all the lawn watering. They have a nice covered pavilion for group get-togethers. You park your RV and vehicle on the grass and each site has full hookups and include a folding picnic table and a fire pit. Apparently there is no water shortage in Idaho. They water every unoccupied site almost constantly. The owner is absolutely obsessed with keeping the grass green and beautiful and the sprinklers going 15 hours a day contributes greatly to this. The entire park is grass covered, green and lush and shaded by mature trees and right next to the Snake River. We stayed for a week in this beautiful park a few weeks ago with our RV group from California.
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