1869 Portland High School On This Day In Oregon

Despite the vigorous opposition of a number of prominent citizens and the Oregonian, Oregon's first public high school with J.W. Johnson as principal and Miss M.M. Tower as assistant, opened at Portland on this day in 1869. Classes were conducted on the second floor of North School.



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