Photo of James Lappeus erroneously identified as Etienne Lucier

Not a photo of Etienne Lucier

Etienne Lucier was the first white settler in what is now the City of Portland.  He claimed land and built a cabin for his family in 1827 near the future location of Hawthorne Boulevard.  An internet search for a photo of Etienne, led to the image at left on a winery website and in a newspaper article.  Image searching led to the Portland Police Museum & Historical Society where this photo is identified as  James H. Lappeus who served as Portland Police Chief off and on between 1870 and 1883.  Google Etienne Lucier for this image of Chief Lappeus.

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