D enny cam e and took a claim next to F an n o’s on the north. R obert was a single man when he cam e to O regon, but T hom as was m arried and had a son nam ­ ed F ielding. W ith the Denney brothers w as an unm arried sis­ SETTLER DEVELOPED LARGEST ONION PLOT ter, R e b e cca Jane. T he you n g w idow er at once IN STATE WITH SHIPMENTS FURL N. WEST sought the acquaintance o f his fair neighbor, and before the belongings dow n the Colum bia ri­ year's end they were m arried and BY IIK K V K Y S. R O B IN SO N started to m ake a hom e and pros­ ver to the W illam ette Valley. Seven years after Joe M eek and 1 T he used pitch from the trees perity on that hom estead claim . “ D oc” N ew ell sw am their anim als j to cau lk the boats with which It is said that A ugustus Fanno across the W illam ette river be­ they descended to the upper Cas­ grew the first on ion s produced low the falls and clim bed through cades. T hey portaged around the ■ in O regon. Be that as it may, rain and mud over the hills to; Cascades, floated their boats dow n F anno developed the onion in­ N orth Plains to begin the settle­ the sw ift current, caught them dustry in the B eaverton country m ent of present W ashington again at the low er Cascades, pat­ until his farm , later under the county, Augustus Fanno cam e ched them up, reloaded and went direction o f tw o sons ,was the from M issouri to becom e the first on dow n to the mouth o f the largest onion producing plot in settled in the B eaverton vicinity. W illam ette. Then they poled and the state. Shipm ents were made Fanno, w ho had been a sailor lined them up that stream to O re­ to all northw est points and to in his early youth, had traveled gon City where F ann o arrived ; Alaska. Six children were born there extensively and finally settled with ju st fifty cents in his p o ck ­ on the claim , a ccord in g to A lon­ down, as he then believed, in et. The fam ily settled at Linn City zo Fanno, in an interview with M issouri where he took up teach­ ing as a vocation, m arried M ar­ across the W illam ette from Ore­ Fred L o ck ley in 1937. Augustus tha F erguson and becam e the fa ­ gon City. Shortly a fter their ar­ J. died in P ortland O ctober 19, ther o f a boy w h o was named rival Mrs. FAnno died in ch ild ­ 1923. Zantophine becam e Mrs. T. Eugene. But Augustus was a rest­ birth and she and her baby are L. M orlock Her daughter becam e Mrs. T. L. less soul and found it hard to buried at Linn City’. M orelock and was living on the tie him self down to the hum drum In 1847, Augustus F anno cam e old donation claim . Ziona m ar- life o f a school m aster. to W a sh in gton C ounty and took mied Jam es D. W ilm ot o f Bea- M issouri in the early 1840’s was a donation land claim eight miles | verton and was livin g on part o f P ortland on the a gathering place fo r em igrants southw est o f the old farm . Z arcada died at bound fo r the great W est and trail fro m O regon City to T il­ i the age o f sixteen. Altrem died in soon he fou n d him self in the! lam ook Bay. T he claim was ab­ childhood. A lonzo m akes the list w estw ard m oving throng. E u g e n e ' out tw elve m iles from O regon com plete. All these children at­ was fou r years old in 1846 w hen I City on what is now called F a n ­ tended the M cK ay School about no Creek. his parents brought him across j h alf a mile from P rogress post- T here w as no roadw ay then the plains to Oregon. o ffic e on the Old Scholls Ferry T he jou rn ey was accom plish ed | and the traveler w as guided by R oad and Tualatin A cadem y at with no m ore than the usual d if­ blazes on the south side o f the F orest G rove. ficulties. A rriving at The Dalles, trees. T hat was the w ay they m ar­ A lonzo states, “ T he house In Augustus helped the other m em ­ ked the c o u r s e -m ig h t be blazes ! w hich I w as born is stall stand­ on the north or w est side, but bers o f the party fell the trees ing (1937) and in g ood condition. and w hipsaw lum ber with which you paid no attention to them. Its cedar shingled r o o f is appar­ Only the ones on the south side they built heavy flat-bottom ed bar­ ently as g ood as ever, though put ges to bring them selves and their m arked the w ay to go. j there fifty years ago." In 1849, R obert and T hom as O ther early settlers on F anno ! Creek w ere W illiam J. R obinson, “ F o r F in e F lo o r s " Jam es M cK ay, Jam es Davies, ! John and G eorge R ich ardson, W il­ WEST SIDE FLOOR COMPANY liam R obbins, D avid Graham , L A Y IN G — S A N D IN G — K E F IN I8 H IN G John H u cklin and T hom as Stott. 603 N. W . 22nd A v e „ P ortla n d 10, O regon i Samuel Stott settled on Beaver-1 A. C. RONNING — Call— L. C. REYNOLDS ton creek at the present site o f BEacon 2990 Tigard 2177 B eaverton in 1851. A ccord in g to an old map o f ' 1852, W illiam L ock erm an was northeast o f him across one o f the beaver sloughs w hich alm ost surrounded the place. F arther east a lon g the road to P ortland w ere A n thon y W . H art and W il­ liam P ointer. and W est tow ard L afayette w ere John Innis, Jam es R eid and D a­ vid E llerson. A little farther south on the O regon C lty-H ills- b oro road were W illiam H. W il­ liam s and P. L. Spencer. N orth and west o f the S tott hom estead w ere John H. M ellen, E dw ard B arton, L uke (o r L a w ren ce) Hall, R e g is te re d L a n d S u rv e y o r and W illiam Hall. A little father north in the next tow nship were Phone Scholls 8361 Rt. 1, Box 705, Beaverton, Ore. Josiah H all, G. W oods, E dw ard L ennox, Lem uel A. Sparks. D udley 5 Miles West of Progress Busten, L ew is P. Day, F rancis M c­ Guire, G eorge W . Jones, Jam es M cGill, Jam es a Fllppins, Paul D. S h a ck leford and others. Augustus Fanno Took First Beaverton Claim, Year 1847 j thus m uch valuable material al­ though In a form not readily ac­ cessible, fo r no one except hisl torians and libraries save old newspapers. W e are borrowing som e o f this m aterial for use in this series. P erhaps som e o f the numerous deseendents o f the pioneers still have interesting historical mater­ ial w orthy o f publication. If so let us hear from you. Help us preserve the story o f old W ash­ ington C ounty for young W ashing­ ton County. The Outlook From Cooper Mountain SCENIC V AC ATIO N R eporting a scenic vacation trip to Kadoka, South Dakota. Miss F lorence R ice returned to Bea­ verton this week. W hile In K adoka Miss R ice was m aid o f honor for a college friend. On her return trip Miss R ice w as joined by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence R ice o f Oak Ave., B eaverton, at Couer d'Alene, Idaho where they visited old friends. T he return trip was made via Lewiston. An interesting high light o f the trip was the keen com m un ity in­ terest displayed by the tow n o f K adoka (population 300) in the activity of the tow n baseball team. Business firm s close their doors and everybody goes out to the ball park to support the club. BEAVERTON ENTERPRISE Friday. September 3. 1948 M ILLS C IT Y GUESTS TA C O M A W E E K END .— Mrs. Laura Clausen spent last Mrs. H. S ch off, her daughter, Mrs. M arlon S ch iff and Mrs. week end at T acom a, Wash, at­ S o h iffs sons, Don, Jam es and tending the N orw egian convention. Glen o f Mills City, Montana were guests last week at the F. J T R IP TO O K L A H O M A Mr. and Mrs. Charles C layton Seidl home. are on a tw o week trip to O k la­ homa. S W E D IS H PICNIC T he C ooper Mt. com m unity was IN JV K E D well represented at the Swedish B obby Bye was injured last ptcnio held at Oaks P ark on week when he was throw n from August 22nd. a horse. - HACK TO SCH OOL C ooper M ountain grade school will resum e teaching activities next Tuesday, Sept. 7. Mrs. On- eita D ooh er will preside over the fifth to eighth grades and Mrs. H eard will have the first four grades. E n rollm en t flbures are expected to be large this year. WELCOME! H OM E— SALTA I.Ol Sally Lou, daughter o f Mr. and Mrs. EVederick M. P u lcip h er o f Beaverton, made her debut F ri­ day, August 27, at W ilco M em or­ ial Hospital. M other and daughter are reported preparing to com e hom e to Beaverton. Thq proud gran dparen ts are Carl Christensen o f 619 7th St., ON V A C A T IO N C larence Satterlee, Connor Road, B eaverton and Mrs. L u cy Teller o f Reedville. is at this tim e enjoying a ten day vacation from his w ork at the Term inal C om pany o f P ort­ O V E R N IG H T G U ESTS Mr. and Mrs. G ordon W illiam s land. form erly o f Sutherlin. were over night guests last w eek o f the J. V IS IT IN G O LD F R IE N D S J. Bloom qutst fam ily. T hey were Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Vinning, form erly o f C onn or Road and now on their w ay to their new home where W il­ o f P ortlan d spent a day last week in W allace, Idaho, liams, who is em ployed in the hero visiting old friends. Silver mines, has been trans­ ferred. Mrs. B loom quists is W il­ A T T E N D IN G C O N V E N T IO N liam ’s sister. H arry W old son of Mr. and Mrs. G unlief W old, Bany Road, is spending 10 days in B rem er­ E A T O N V IL L E , W n. G U ESTS Mr. and Mrs. John E rick son and ton, W ash in gton at the Junior son o f E atonville, Wash, visited R ed Cross convention. last week at the G. W old and L. Clausen homes. T IL L A M O O K V ISITO R S Dan B rasm eyer and his son Fa­ V A C A T IO N O V E R ther D om inic, O.S.B. of Tillam ook Miss H ilda Jacobson has re­ visited at the hom e o f the F. J. turned to w ork after a tw o week Seidls A ugust 27th on their re­ vacation spent at the hom e o f turn fro m San Francisco, Cal. her m other, Mrs. Joh n Johnson on Hart R oad. C H ICAG O V IS IT O R S T W IN F A L L S V IS IT O R Mrs. Ella H obbestad and three Mr. and Mrs. A. R om m etvedt of children o f C hicago spent last Tw in Falls, Idaho w ere recent w eek visiting at the Gunlief W old visitors at the hom e o f Mrs. home. Laura Clausen. LAND S U R V E Y I N G You Are Cordially Invited Construction Layout To Enjoy the Tasty Food PAUL D. BOUTW ELL »mm ■ Peg,# J Aiortuarg BEAVERTON, OREGON Your community mortician since 1910 Phone 3411 W. E. PEGG WM. SPEARS and Modern Facilities of Our Dining Room W h at stories o f fron tier life and adventure they cou ld tell us if they were still alive. B ut they are gone and with them som e inter­ esting h istory o f this locality w h ich w ill never be told. M any, how ever, left accou nts o f their experiences in letters, diaries, new spaper stories and scrap books w hich will be valu­ able to the future historian. As yet, so fa r as we can learn, no one has attem pted to collect and organize this m aterial into a his- I tory o f W ashington county. A few years a g o R o y L. D avid­ son, at that time con nected with the F orest Grovfc N ew s-T im es, went about am ong the old tim ers collectin g their stories fo r publi­ ca tion In the local new spapers and We are now equipped the LEGION CLUB LOUNGE and Dining Boom ! Merchant* Lunch I I ;.IO A. M. to 2 I*. M. 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