Editing Beaver, Pennsylvania (section)

==History==
[[File:P&LE Beaver PA.jpg|thumb|left|The 1897 [[Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad]] station in Beaver]]
The area around Beaver was once home to [[Shawnee]] [[Native Americans in the United States|Indians]], who were later displaced by groups such as the [[Mingo]]es and the [[Lenape]]. It was part of the [[Ohio Country]] that was in dispute during the [[French and Indian War]].

Beaver became the site of [[Fort McIntosh (Pennsylvania)|Fort McIntosh]], a [[American Revolution|Revolutionary War]] era [[Patriot (American Revolution)|Patriot]] frontier fort. After the war, the fort was the home of the [[3rd United States Infantry Regiment (TOG)|First American Regiment]], the oldest active unit in the [[US Army]]. The fort was abandoned in 1788 and razed a short time later. By then, the frontier had moved westward and there was no further need for a permanent garrison to protect the area.

The community was laid out in 1792. In 1800, it became the county seat of the newly formed Beaver County. The first county court was established in Beaver in 1804. Growth was steady until 1879 when the arrival of the [[Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad]] caused a major growth spurt. In February 1884 a massive flood caused extensive damage. In 1974, an archeological excavation was conducted at the site of Fort McIntosh. The borough became a [[Tree City USA]] community in 1997.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.arborday.org/programs/treeCityUSA/treecities.cfm?chosenstate=Pennsylvania |title= 2011 Tree Cities USA Communities in Pennsylvania |date=May 2012 |publisher= Arbor Day Foundation |access-date=February 10, 2013}}</ref>

[[Robert Linn (politician)|Robert Linn]] was the mayor of Beaver for 58 years, from 1946 to 2004, making him one of the [[List of longest-serving mayors in the United States|longest-serving mayors in the United States]]. In late 2007, local officials proposed the [[Municipal consolidation|consolidation]] of Beaver with [[Brighton Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania|Brighton Township]], although nothing came of the initiative.<ref>Bruni, Jessica. "Analysis may back Beaver, Brighton merger," ''[[Beaver County Times]]'', 2007-10-25, pp. A1, A3.</ref>