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A slideshow about the dynamic history and present of Scott Phinney's community, Tualatin, OR. Scott Phinney works in Tualatin as a Property Tax Expert. For more information, check out http://phinneyscott.wix.com/resume and http://phinneyscott.wix.com/scottphinneyTRANSCRIPT
A G L I M P S E I N T O T U AL AT I N , OR E G ON
BY S C OTT P H I N N EY
THE NAME OF THE C ITY IS TAKEN FROM THE TUAL AT IN R IVER , WH ICH FLOWS ALONG MOST OF
THE C ITY 'S NORTHERN BOUNDARY. I T I S PROBABLY A NAT IVE AMER ICAN WORD MEAN ING "L AZY" OR "SLUGGISH" BUT POSS IBLY MEAN ING "TREELESS
PL A IN" FOR THE PL A IN NEAR THE R IVER OR "FORKED" FOR ITS MANY TR IBUTAR IES
AC C OR D I N G T O OR EG ON G EOG RA P H I C N AM ES , A P OS T OFF I C E W I T H T HE S P ELL I N G
" T UA L I T I N " WA S ES TA BL I S HED N OV EM BER 5 , 1869 , A N D T HE
S P ELL I N G C HA N G ED TO " TUA L AT I N " I N 1915 .
I N THE 1850S , THE S ETT LEM EN T WA S F I R S T C A LLED G A LBR EAT H A FT ER I T S F OUN D ER S A M UEL G A LBR EATH. I N 1853 , G A LBR EAT H BU I LT THE F I R S T BR I D G E OV ER THE TUA L AT I N R I V ER , A N D T HE TOW N BEC A M E K N OW N A S BR I D G EP ORT. I N THE 1880S , J OHN
S W EEK P L ATT ED A T OW N A R OUN D T HE N EW RA I LR OA D D EP OT , A N D N A M ED T HE T OW N T UA L AT I N . I T WA S I N C OR P ORATED A S
THE C I T Y OF TUA L AT I N I N 1913 .
THE C I T Y HA S A TOTA L A R EA OF 8 . 23 S QUA R E M I LES (21 . 32 KM 2) , OF W H I C H , 8 . 22 S QUA R E M I LES (21 . 29
K M 2) I S L A N D A N D 0 . 01 S QUA R E M I LES (0 . 03 KM 2) I S WATER
TU A L AT I N I S HOM E TO A M A J OR I TY OF BR I D G EP ORT V I LL AG E , A N UP S C A LE S HOP P I N G A R EA T HAT OP EN ED I N EA R LY 2005 . BU I LT AT THE S I T E OF A F OR M ER QUA R RY , BR I D G EP ORT WAS D ES I G N ED T O BE R EM I N I S C EN T OF A N
OP EN -A I R EUR OP EA N - S TY LE S HOP P I N G EXP ER I EN C E .
THE C I T Y OF TUA L AT I N FA LLS U N DER T HE J UR I S D I C T I ON OF T HE T I G A R D -T UA L AT I N
S C HOOL D I S TR I C T. TH I S D I S TR I C T C ON TA I N S 10 ELEM EN TA RY S C HOOLS , T HR EE M I D D LE
S C HOOLS , A N D TW O H I G H S C HOOLS . OF THES E S C HOOLS ,
“ HOM E I S A N A M E , A W OR D , I T I S A S T R ON G ON E ; S T R ON G ER THA N M AG I C I A N EV ER S P OK E , OR S P I R I T EV ER A N S W ER ED T O , I N THE S T R ON G ES T C ON J URAT I ON . ”
- Charles Dickens