town name

[milwinr]

 two towns, same name.  And they say it was all because of a coin toss.  Name the town and the *******. thanx

[Hippy]

Portland in Oregon USA has an unusual history. It all began in 1843 when William Overton, a Tennessee drifter,  and Asa Lovejoy, a Massachusetts lawyer,  beached their canoe on the banks of the Willamette River. Overton saw a great potential for this mountain-ringed, timber-rich land. He had a problem in the fact that he did not have the 25 cents to file a land claim. So he struck a bargain with his friend Lovejoy, and they shared the claim. Later, Overton sold his half to Francis W. Pettygrove. When it came to naming the town that grew up around the commercial activity Lovejoy favoured Boston, from the place of his birth, however, Pettygrove wanted to name it after his hometown, Portland, Maine. They decided to toss a coin to name the town. Pettygrove won on two out of three tosses of the coin.