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===Founding=== [[File:Judge Harvey Cross.png|thumb|left|Judge Harvey Cross (1856β1927), founder of Gladstone]] Gladstone was founded by Judge Harvey Cross in 1889, and formally incorporated on January 10, 1911. It was named after the UK Prime Minister [[William Ewart Gladstone]].<ref>{{cite book | last1 = McArthur | first1 = Lewis A. | first2 = Lewis L. | last2 = McArthur | title = [[Oregon Geographic Names]] | location = Portland | publisher = [[Oregon Historical Society Press]] | pages = 404 | date = 2003 | isbn = 0-87595-278X }}</ref> Judge Cross laid out the city's first streets. Cross' home was built in the late 1840s by Fendal Cason, and Cross purchased it in 1862.<ref name=Cason>{{cite news |url= http://blog.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/2008/08/historical_society_plans_to_fe.html |title= Historical society plans to feed minds, bellies |date= August 20, 2008 |access-date= December 16, 2008 |newspaper= [[The Oregonian]] |archive-date= April 1, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120401055049/http://blog.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/2008/08/historical_society_plans_to_fe.html |url-status= live }}</ref> The Cason-Cross House later became Cochran Mortuary. Currently, [[Mr. Rooter]], a plumbing service, occupies the space.<ref name=Cason/> There is also a small park named after Cross, located at the same place one of the Indian tribes made its camp.<ref name="parks">{{cite web |url=http://www.ci.gladstone.or.us/files/Park_and_Rec_Webpage.pdf |title=Parks & Recreation Information |website=Official City of Gladstone Website |access-date=10 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913013234/http://www.ci.gladstone.or.us/files/Park_and_Rec_Webpage.pdf |archive-date=13 September 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
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