Editing Beaverton, Michigan (section)

==History==
Beaverton was first settled by lumbermen ''circa'' 1863 and was first known as '''Grand Forks''', after the confluence of the [[Tobacco River (Tittabawassee River)|Tobacco]] and [[Cedar River (Gladwin County, Michigan)|Cedar]] rivers. It has been continuously settled since 1875. The town was founded in 1890 by the Donald Gunn Ross & Sons lumber company, from [[Beaverton, Ontario|Beaverton]], [[Ontario]]. Donald Ross became the first postmaster on February 17, 1891. Beaverton incorporated as a village on January 9, 1896<ref>https://digmichnews.cmich.edu/?a=d&d=GladwinGCR18960117-01.1.6&srpos=5&e=--1895---1902--en-10-CharlevoixBB%2CVanBurenFPC%2CGladwinGCR-1--img-txIN-incorporated---------</ref> and as a city in 1903, with William Ross as the first mayor. Powers gives the first settler's name as Marvil Secord, originally from [[Brantford, Ontario|Brantford]], Ontario, and who is also recognized as the first permanent settler in Gladwin County. Beaverton is known as the Plastic [[Thermoforming]] capital of the world.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Romig|title=Michigan Place Names}}</ref> It was a station on the Toledo-Ludington line of the [[Pere Marquette Railroad]].