PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) – Starting Monday, July 7, drivers can
expect some road closures as construction work begins to
restore the Thompson Elk statue.

Road closures will be on SW Main Street between SW 3rd and
SW 4th Avenues and is expected to last through the winter of
2025, according to the Portland Water Bureau.

Westbound traffic from the Hawthorne Bridge will follow traffic
signs and flaggers around the closure area. Detour routes will
change as work progresses.

The Regional Arts and Culture Council removed the bronze elk
statue from its perch and salvaged the remaining undamaged
stonework in July 2020, after fires set in its base posed a risk
of toppling the structure.

Thompson Fountain and County Court House in 1906.

The fountain with its statue was donated to the city of Portland in
1900 for display in Downtown Portland‘s Plaza Blocks.

(FOX NEWS) – Michael Madsen, best known for his roles in
Quentin Tarantino’s films "Reservoir Dogs," "Kill Bill: Vol. 2,
" "The Hateful Eight" and "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,"
has died.

The actor suffered a cardiac arrest and was found unresponsive
in his Malibu home earlier this morning. 

1992

July 3, 1863: On the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg,
Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s last attempt at breaking
the Union line ended in disastrous failure, bringing the most
decisive battle of the American Civil War to an end.

Robert E. Lee by Pompeo Coppini – University of Texas
at Austin, Austin, Texas.

On July 3, 1890, Idaho entered the Union as the 43rd state.

The word Idaho is derived from the Shoshone Ee-Da-How,
referring possibly to the ubiquitous purple flowers of the
area, but also translated as “gem of the mountains” or
“behold the sun coming down the mountain.”

Idaho was originally part of the vast northwest Oregon, or
Columbia River, country claimed by Spain, Russia, Great
Britain, and the United States.