George Rogers was born George Manuel Rodrigues, 23 April 1888, in Campanario, Madeira Islands. He left home in 1905 and traveled to New York via British Guiana. By 1908, he was working at Wellsley College and in 1911 he moved to Portland, eventually becoming a grocer and city council member in Lake Oswego. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1925/00/00 | Rogers Grocery store opens at 402 N State Street in Lake Oswego, Oregon. | Owner | George Rogers Buildings | Lake Oswego | |||
| 1929/00/00 | Rogers House is built for George Rogers, benefactor of George Rogers Park | Home | George Rogers House | Lake Oswego | |||
| 1929/00/00 | The Rogers Grocery build a second store at 456 N State Street in Lake Oswego, Oregon. Mediterranean-style building has a bakery and cash-and-carry grocery. | Owner | George Rogers Buildings | Lake Oswego | |||
| 1950/00/00 | George Rogers develops Oregon Iron and Steel Company into parkland, including planting hundreds of Croft lilies | Champion | Oregon Iron Company Furnace | Lake Oswego |
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