district - HISTORY

1830: Malaria epidemic raged through the area killing the indian population.

1845: Joseph C. Avery claimed a 640 parcel at the junction of the Willamette and Mary's river.

1846: Another 640 acres claimed in the same area by William F. Dixon.

1853: Avery renamed Corvallis from Marysville.

1854: Flourmill established in King's Valley.

1856: Fort Hoskins Built.

1861: Orleans village carried away by a flood.

1862: The Corvallis Gazette began publication.

1866: Stage line operated from Corvallis to Yaquina Bay.

1867: Philomath College founded.

1867-8: Land grant authorized by the Morril Act.

1868: Corvallis college became recipient of the State Agricultural College.

1868: St. Mary's seminary for women opened.

1868: McCune and Hanna Sawmill burned, later rebuilt.

1869: Fire consumed business block.

1870: Railroad built, 10-12 miles away.

1870: Steamboat transportation.

1873: Flour mills burned.

1874: Corvallis described as "an incorporated city and county seat of Benton County, located on the west bank of the Willamette River, on a beautiful plateau one and a half miles wide, entirely above water..."

1876: Karge water tower erected at first and Jefferson.

1880: Private telephone service.

1880: Completion of railroad through town.

1882: One of the first warehouses in Corvallis, WA Wells, burned down.

1883: Burned warehouses replaced by a grain warehouse.

1885: Flouring mills erected and expanded.

1889: Electric lights installed

1890: Streetcar systems, 2.25 miles in operation.

1890's: Farmers began diversifying.

1891: Electric light plant installed at OSU.

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