Mount Scott (Clackamas County, Oregon)

Mount Scott
Mount Scott
	Southeast slope of Mount Scott, with the city of Happy Valley
Highest point
Elevation	1,091 ft (333 m) NAVD 88
Prominence	740 ft (230 m)
Coordinates	45°27′16″N 122°33′05″W / 45.454500414°N 122.551319919°W
Naming
Etymology	Named for Harvey W. Scott
Geography
	Mount Scott Location in Oregon
Location	Clackamas County, Oregon, U.S.
Parent range	Cascades
Topo map	USGS Gladstone
Geology
Volcanic field	Boring Lava Field
Last eruption	500,000 years ago

Mount Scott is a volcanic cinder cone with its summit in Clackamas County, Oregon. The summit rises to an elevation of 1,091 feet (333 m).^[1] It is part of the Boring Lava Field,^[3] a zone of ancient volcanic activity in the area around Portland, and was named for Harvey W. Scott, a 19th and 20th century editor of The Oregonian newspaper.^[3] who owned 335 acres (136 ha) on the north and west slopes of the hill.^[4]

Mt. Scott was home to a "perpetual" cross burning by Oregon's Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s. Automotive parades of hooded Klan members were common in Southeast Portland.^[5]

The mountain is developed, with most of its southern flank within the city of Happy Valley, Oregon. The Willamette National Cemetery is located on the northeastern slope of the mountain, which is partially in Multnomah County.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Mount Scott". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
^ "Mount Scott, Oregon". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
^ ^a ^b ^c "The Boring Lava Field, Portland, Oregon". U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
^ McArthur, Lewis A. (2003). Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, OR. p. 676. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Chandler, J. D. (2016). Murder & scandal in prohibition Portland : sex, vice & misdeeds in Mayor Baker's reign. Charleston, SC: The History Press. p. 110. ISBN 978-1-4671-1953-5. OCLC 928581539.