The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The area was settled c. 1850 by brothers Hiram and Samuel Colver. Samuel Colver laid out the town in 1854. Early residents included Milton Lindley, who operated a sawmill that provided timbers in 1855, for a blockhouse as well as a flouring mill owned by Sylvester M. Wait. For a time, the settlement was known locally as Gasburg after a talkative employee in the kitchen serving the mill hands. Wait, who was an agent for the Phoenix Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut, assigned the official name, Phoenix, to the community and, in 1857, to its post office. Waitsburg, Washington, was later named after Wait.
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LOCSign for the Royal Oaks Mobil (sic) Manor, a trailer park2018
LOCPeach crates await the fruit from adjacent peach trees2018
CommonsMario-Andretti-Oregon-20172017
CommonsPhoenixOregonSnowExit24Interstate52015
CommonsBicycling construction superintendents2014
CommonsBear Creek Greenway users on temporary crossingBikeronConst…2014
CommonsPhoenix City Hall2013
CommonsPhoenixOregonShoppingCentrSign2012
CommonsGasstationimage2012
CommonsFlickr - brewbooks - Marcel Le Piniec Nursery in2010
CommonsBear Creek Greenway 012003Then & now
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