The community of Gresham, Oregon was established in the mid 1800âs when Powell Valley was named after three pioneer settlers: James Powell and Missouri transplant Jackson Powell, who moved to Oregon in 1852, and Dr. John Parker Powell who moved to Oregon in 1853.
peoÂ·ple (pÄâ²pÉl) n. pl. people 1. a. Humans considered as a group or in indefinite numbers. Often treated as a plural of person, alone and in compounds: People were dancing in the street. I met all sorts of people. This book is not intended for laypeople.
This man is a person. noun. The definition of a person is an individual human being. An example of a person is one man. pl. -Â·sons or peoâ²ple a human being, esp. as distinguished from a thing or lower animal; individual man, woman, or child: the plural in this sense is now also people, which formerly was used only for an indefinite number of persons.