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About The Beaverton enterprise. (Beaverton, Or.) 1927-1951 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 10, 1948)
BEAVERTON ENTERPRISE— Friday, December 10, 1948 Thomas Denney Settled in Fanno Area With Sawmill f RADE DEMAND OF CALIFORNIA BOLSTERED ORE. TERRITORY'S ECONOMIC DEV ELOPMENT B y Ifw-vey S. Robinson (Continued from last week) The news of the treaty with Great Britain in 1*4« giving the Uaited States undisputed title to the Oregon Country came as music to the ears of the Denneys and Hicklina in a little frontier aettlo- ment in southern Indiana. The spirit of the pioneers was in their blood. Great grandfather John Denney had come from England to plon- eer on the shores of Chesapeake Bay. His son Adam, a soldier in the American Revolution, had moved on into North Carolina and X T _ _ _ _ ... Kentucky. Adam's son, Fielding, fought in the War of 1812 and went to In- dlana where he married Jane Hicklin, daughter of another fam- lly of pioneers and where his children Thomas, Robert Aaron and Rebecca were born. Now these children and their cousins, John, Felix and James Hicklin felt the urge to move on again to a new frontier. Thomas Denney was a sawmill man. He had heard marvelous tales of the Oregon Country sent back by missionaries and travel- King and milling in Oregon. So he dismantled his mill in Indiana and packed and shipped hia machinery around Cape Horn to Oregon. That machinery was pretty aim- pie compared to what we know now. Bandsaws and circular saws were not yet invented. It was JUMt a kind of up and down af- f air much the same as a Jig saw. Qn January 4 18 4 » Thomas Den- ney married Miss Barilla F. King |n Jennings county, Indiana. In March of the same year, acCom- pan|ed by his wife, his two /bro- thers, Robert and Aaron, his un- married slstet Rachel and tjiree cousins. Felix. John and Jgmes ... . _ _ _ _ _ . . . - ihn Hicklin, he started _ across. the plains for Oregon with ox teams and covered wagons, Several oxen died on the Jour- ney f rom drinking alkali water, but aa|de from this they had little troubie and Mrs. Denney said that sba enj 0yed It greatly, T arriVed at Foster's farm in <^jac|lamaa county October 6 and from ther<( came to MllwaulUe, where Thomas found employment Lot Whitcomb’s sawmill for the w(n( er H<j secure(, a donati0n land |n Washlngton county, .even erS- ... . . . miles southwest of Portland. With Stories of great wea th in land brought from Milwauk,e and forests. Land to be had for a board , hanty lnto which the taking. Great tree, untouched m#v#d and commenced plon- by the saw and people living in log cabins because there wai no eer . sawed lumber available. The sawmill arrived »n d WM He saw a great future for log- set up right on the claim. Located on Fanno creek, it derived its pow er from the stream. Sometimes the water was too low. At other times with the aid of a dam, a good "head’' was secured and the mill ran day and night to utilise the power while it was available. The sawmill was a profitable venture. Most of the early frame houses in eastern Washington county were btilt from lumber sawed from Denney's. California was clamoring for lumber. Rough boards brought *100 per thousand, shingles $25. Most of the material for a house was fin ished right on the building site. Work proceeded slowly. It would take the carpenter and his help er several weeks to get the lumber In shape. One man would plane the boards, others with special tools would put the tongue and groove on the flooring. Those old carpenters were masters of their craft. Some of their old houses are still standing, almost as phimb and true as ever, after nearly 100 years. The Californians were produc ing plenty of gold and nothing else. They needed lumber, clothing, flour, fruit and vegetables and many other things for which they were willing to pay high prices and the Oregon pioneers hastened to take advantage o f the market The rich virgin soil was tilled Intensively. Oregon apples, cher ries and prunes became famous. Fanno onions were known through out the Pacific area: Standard Flour from Milwaukie was con sidered tops. Woolen mills sprang up and sent their product to the gold diggers and elsewhere. Tom Denney was a community leader. He served several terms as Justice o f the Peace In the early ’50’s. He took a leading part in the agitation for a road to Portland and donated six months labor by hla hired man. The roadway did not follow the canyon but atruck over the hills to the south cutting into old Sev enth Street. Like the King of France in the old rhyme it went “ straight up the hill and then went down again." The w o rk wels nearly all done with shovel and axe and proved so steep as to test the mettle of the best oxen. The Denney cabin was soon re placed by a substantial frame house which was the center of much activity for many years. A f ter Thomas Denney and his wife had passed away and the children all grown and gone to homes of their own. the old house was razed. It never had any occupants but Denneys. (Continued next week) Parking Meters Should Produce Traffic Benefits • WANT ADS • • WANT ADS • i FOUND—Bicycle, give description, PR A C T IC A L L Y new Alro Flame 5-6 room type, make, etc. and pay for ad. oil circulator heater, size $58. Corner 8th and Wat , Phone Tigard 3275 after 630 son, Beaverton between 8 a ny p.m. 47 Motorists who feed coins into I — and 4:30 p.m. or call Beaverton parking meters are entitled to LOST. Small light brown dog fe 4037. something more than merely the male, white breast and tipped privilege of parking, traffic engi tail. Had rope on its neck. 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