[Answer] What was Portland, Oregon, almost named instead?

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Boston - Portlanders can thank a lucky coin toss for their city’s name. Two settlers from New England, Asa Lovejoy and Francis W. Pettygrove, claimed the land and founded the Oregon city in 1843. Pettygrove was from Portland, Maine, and wanted to name the new Oregon settlement after his hometown. But Lovejoy wasn't from Portland — he was from Boston, Massachusetts, and he was all for naming the settlement after Beantown. The two agreed to settle the friendly dispute with a coin toss. The toss went Pettygrove's way, and Portland, Oregon, was born.:

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