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1 History

The area of Tualatin Valley which became Beaverton was originally the home of a Native American tribe known as the Atfalati or the Tualatin. They were hunter-gatherers whose land including a village that was called Chakeipi, meaning Place of the Beaver. The Atfalati population dwindled in the latter part of the 18th century, and the prosperous tribe was no longer dominant in the area by the 19th century when westerners first visited.

Early settlers referred to the place as "Beaverdam", later changed to "Beaverton". Early settlers include the Hall Family from Kentucky, the Denneys who lived on their claim near current day Scholls Ferry Road and Hall Blvd, and Orrin S. Allens who resided at SW Allen and Hall Blvd.

1.1 19th century

• 1847: Lawrence Hall (for whom Hall Boulevard is named) purchases 640 acres (2.6 km²) in Beaverdam and builds a grist mill with his brother near present-day Walker Road (maybe on Cedar Mill Creek??).
• 1849: Thomas Denney came to the area and built its first sawmill.
• 1860: A plank road from Portland to Beaverton is completed over a trail called Canyon Road.
• 1868: Joshua Welch, George Betts, Charle Angel, W.P. Watson, John Henry and other settlers of the area laid out what is now known as Beaverton hoping they could bring a railroad to an area once described as "mostly swamps & marshes connected by beaver dams to create what looked like a huge lake".
• 1872: Beaverton's first post office opens under George Betts, the first postmaster, in his general store. Betts street, where the current post office now stands, was named in honor of him.
• 1893Events January 1 Japan accepts the Gregorian calendar January 2 Introduction by Webb C. Ball of the General Railroad Timepiece Standards in North America: Railroad chronometers January 13 The Independent Labour Party of the UK has its first meeting. Janua: The city of Beaverton is officially incorporated with a population of 400 and Alonzo Cady, a local businessman, as the first mayor.

1.2 20th century

Beaverton was an early home to automobile dealerships. A Ford Motor Company dealership was established there in 1915Events January 12 The Rocky Mountain National Park is established by an act of Congress. January 12 United States House of Representatives rejects proposal to give women the right to vote. January 13 An earthquake (6. 8 in Richter scale) in Avezzano, Ital; it was purchased by Guy Carr in 1923Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 Events January 1 Grouping of all UK railway companies into four larg and over the years Carr expanded it into several locations throughout Beaverton.

In the early 1920sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 Events and trends Technology John Logie Baird invents the first working t, Beaverton was home to Premium Picture ProductionsPremium Picture Productions is a former movie studio located in Beaverton, Oregon which was active in the early 1920s. The studio produced approximately fifteen silent films, including the following: Crashing Courage (1923) Flames of Passion (1923) The Fr, a movie studioA movie studio is a location, room, building, or group of buildings and/or sound stages, offices and storage facilities, which may include a backlot, where movies are made. It is also the company that produces, promotes and distributes movies. In 1893, Th which produced about fifteen movies.

The town's first library opened in 1925. Originally on the second floor of the Cady building, it has moved to several other locations. In 2000 it was moved to its current location on Hall Street and 5th

Since 1929Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 See also 1929 in aviation 1929 in film 1929 in literature 1929 in mu, Beaverton has been home to Beaverton Foods , a manufacturer of nationally-distributed condiments.

More recently, Beaverton was the headquarters of Tektronix, which manufactures electronics including oscilloscopes, computer printers and monitors, and the headquarters of Nike, both located just outside of the city limits.

Beaverton is the home of the Open Source Development Labs.