According to the Portland Valley Scottish Rite of Freemasonry History 1992; Joseph Allen Strowbridge was a 32nd Degree Freemason & early Oregon Pioneer, Born December 1st, 1835 in Pennsylvania; moved to Oregon October 3rd, 1852; died June 30, 1903. He was the trustee of a bridge to be built across the Willamette river at the foot of Columbia Street; active in the Portland Mechanics Fair in 1880 and 1888; involved as a donor to fund to deepen the Willamette River Channel below Portland; donated to the fund to maintain and increase the West Side Railroad; one of the original stock-holders of the Lone Fir Cemetery Company.(Where his grave is located) In 1853 he was employed in a hotel in Oregon City; later that year he commenced purchase and shipping of eggs, butter and apples to San Francisco and was in this 'commission business' until 1860 when he became a partner of C.M. Wiberg in a boot and shoe business; finally built and owned several business blocks in Portland. He was immortalized in a stained glass window created by the Povey Brothers Stained Glass studio at the Portland Valley Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Temple in downtown Portland.
According to the Portland Valley Scottish Rite of Freemasonry History 1992; Joseph Allen Strowbridge was a 32nd Degree Freemason & early Oregon Pioneer, Born December 1st, 1835 in Pennsylvania; moved to Oregon October 3rd, 1852; died June 30, 1903. He was the trustee of a bridge to be built across the Willamette river at the foot of Columbia Street; active in the Portland Mechanics Fair in 1880 and 1888; involved as a donor to fund to deepen the Willamette River Channel below Portland; donated to the fund to maintain and increase the West Side Railroad; one of the original stock-holders of the Lone Fir Cemetery Company.(Where his grave is located) In 1853 he was employed in a hotel in Oregon City; later that year he commenced purchase and shipping of eggs, butter and apples to San Francisco and was in this 'commission business' until 1860 when he became a partner of C.M. Wiberg in a boot and shoe business; finally built and owned several business blocks in Portland. He was immortalized in a stained glass window created by the Povey Brothers Stained Glass studio at the Portland Valley Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Temple in downtown Portland.
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