(Thematic - Business) Portland Area High Technology Evolution Gunnison A wonderful map for the

A wonderful map for the region which draws heavily from Lewis Evans 1749 map of the area

this map is enhanced with three vignettes for the "Smithsonian Institue"

Jay Randolph

The end result gives an insiders view of the town as they would think of it

(Thematic - Business) Portland Area High Technology Evolution Gunnison A wonderful map for the(Thematic Business) Portland Area High Technology Evolution, Cacy & Linch, 1984The trajectory is familiar to post WW II tech regions where small businesses started in basements by electronics hobbyists and amateurs, and turns into brick and mortar stores. Companies like Hawthorne Electronics, one of the earliest companies shown would become a general electronics shop that built oscillascopes in back, with a store in front. Tracing the roots and