The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Beaver was laid out in 1879. The community takes its name from nearby Beaver Creek. The city was incorporated in 1911.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Beaver’s history is told.
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No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Beaver is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Beaver has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Beaver Creek Bridge in Beaver, 0.4 miles away.
Beaver and the nearest listed places
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Closest to Beaver
Beaver Creek BridgeBeaver · Built 19190.4miLincoln Highway-Little Beaver Creek BridgeBeaver · Structure2.1miFrantz Round BarnGrand Junction · Building3.2miLincoln Highway-West Beaver Creek Abandoned SegmentGrand Junction · District3.8miLincoln Highway-Grand Junction SegmentGrand Junction · District4.5mi
How a place gets listed
1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Beaver Creek Bridge’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Beaver?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Beaver’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old placeNational Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.