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The first car in Beaverton was owned by the Niggeman family. C. H. Niggeman was the bank president. |
This may have been a lumbering camp in Beaverton. |
Established in
1903, Beaverton was once called Three Forks, because of the three forks
of the Tobacco River that meet in the City of Beaverton and now form Ross
Lake, a 250-acre reservoir. Rich in lumbering history, Beaverton is now
an established leader in the plastics industry with a weath of natural
beauty and surrounding lakes, rivers, woods and streams.
In 1905 Beaverton was described as follows: "Population 800. At the confluence of the branch of the Tobacco and Cedar Rivers, 9 miles south of Gladwin. Has a waterworks, three churches, an opera house seating 600, a bank and weekly newspaper, "The Clarion." William Ross is Postmaster; C. J. Barnum, furniture store owner; C. H. Niggeman, bank president." |