Harvey Scott Statue Pedestal Mt Tabor Park

On the morning of 20 October 2020 the statue in Mt Tabor Park of Harvey W Scott was found toppled to the ground following a series of statue removals during racial justice protests in Portland. The granite plinth engraved with the inscription: "Pioneer, Editor, Publisher and molder of public opinion in Oregon and the nation" was vandalized with the word “COLONIZER” added above “Pioneer”. Harvey W Scott was editor of The Oregonian newspaper from 1866–1872.

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On the morning of 20 October 2020 the statue in Mt Tabor Park of Harvey W Scott was found toppled to the ground following a series of statue removals during racial justice protests in Portland. The granite plinth engraved with the inscription: "Pioneer, Editor, Publisher and molder of public opinion in Oregon and the nation" was vandalized with the word “COLONIZER” added above “Pioneer”. Harvey W Scott was editor of The Oregonian newspaper from 1866–1872.