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Beaver Dam was first settled by Thomas Mackie and Joseph Goetschius in 1841; by 1843, it had a population of almost 100. The city was named for an old beaver dam located in a stream flowing into Beaver Dam River. [6] The area had also been known as Okwaanim, Chippewa for beaver dam. [7] The community was incorporated as a city on March 18, 1856 ...
Beaver Dams was the original name from 1863 to about 1947 when the Arizona Department of Highways (now ADOT) used the singular name of Beaver Dam on road signs and the new name has been used since. The Mormon Road was used by Forty-niners in 1849 and Mormon colonists and other travelers from then on.
Beaver Dam is a home rule-class city [3] in Ohio County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 3,409 at the 2010 census, and it is the most populous community in the county. It is named for the Beaver Dam Baptist Church which predates the town by several decades. [4] The city was formally incorporated by the state assembly in 1873. [5]
wayland academy, beaver dam wisconsin 19 The Axe Hunt is an annual event held in late spring, where students from the graduating class hide a wooden axe somewhere on the Wayland campus. The junior students follow clues hidden throughout the city of Beaver Dam to find the axe before a set time.
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The library was founded in 1884 as the Beaver Dam Free City Library and was housed in a room in City Hall. In April 1890, John J. Williams, a wealthy local businessman, offered the library's board of directors $25,000 to construct a new building if, in exchange, the city would pay for the land.
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Beaver Dam is located 14 mi (23 km) northwest of DeKalb in the northeastern part of the county. [2] It is also located 22 mi (35 km) northeast of Clarksville , 19 mi (31 km) northwest of New Boston , and 45 mi (72 km) west of Texarkana , just off Texas State Highway 59 and the intersection of two rural roads.