by fastplumbdev | Aug 25, 2025
Eugene’s History and Why We’re Proud to Serve the Eugene Community The fertile southern Willamette Valley has been home to the Kalapuyan peoples for millennia. The Chifin Kalapuyans moved seasonally to harvest acorns, camas, wapato and berries, returning to winter...
by fastplumbdev | Aug 25, 2025
Tigard’s History and Why We’re Proud to Serve the Tigard Community Prior to European settlement, the Tualatin Valley was home to the Atfalati (Tualatin) band of the Kalapuya people. They built villages near present‑day Tigard, burned the valley floor to encourage...
by fastplumbdev | Aug 25, 2025
Beaverton’s History and Why We’re Proud to Serve the Beaverton Community The Tualatin Valley was originally home to the Atfalati band of the Kalapuya people, whose village Chachimahiyuk (“place of the beaver”) gave Beaverton its name. After Euro‑American settlers...
by fastplumbdev | Aug 25, 2025
Salem’s History and Why We’re Proud to Serve the Salem Community Salem sits on former prairie lands along the Willamette River. Methodist missionaries established a mission near the Kalapuyan village of Tchimikiti (Chemeketa) in 1841 and named the new town “Salem” in...
by fastplumbdev | Aug 25, 2025
Portland’s History and Why We’re Proud to Serve the Portland Community Long before skyscrapers and streetcars, the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers was home to Chinookan peoples—specifically the Multnomah and Clackamas tribes. They fished salmon,...
