Alpenrose Dairy

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Alpenrose Dairy is a dairy company located in the Hayhurst neighborhood of southwest Portland, Oregon since 1916. It has been in the Cadonau family for several generations and was named after the alpine rose (Rosa pendulina) by the Swiss-born wife and early co-owner of the dairy.

The 52-acre (21-ha) grounds of the dairy include:

Circuit d’Alpenrose, a velodrome, one of only 20 such tracks in the United States. The track was built to host the 1967 National Championships. At 268.43 meters around with a 16.6 meter radius and a 43 degree bank, Alpenrose is one of the steepest velodromes in the country. Alpenrose is home to the only North American Six-day race. It hosts races all summer, and annually draws the largest velodrome crowd in North America for the Alpenrose Challenge, in mid-July.
Alpenrose Field, the site of baseball and softball games, including Little League championship games, since 1956.
Dairyville, a replica of a western frontier town, with false-front shops, a doll museum, an ice cream parlor, a harness-maker's store, a music shop, and a 600-seat opera house with a pipe organ (with 4000 pipes).
A quarter-midget racing arena.