Editing Hillsboro, Oregon (section)

==History==
The European-American community was founded by David Hill, Isaiah Kelsey, and Richard Williams, who arrived in the Tualatin Valley in 1841, followed by six more pioneers in 1842.<ref name=buan>{{cite book |last=Buan |first=Carolyn M. |title=This Far-Off Sunset Land: A Pictorial History of Washington County, Oregon |publisher=Donning Company Publishers |location=Virginia Beach, Virginia |year=1999 |isbn=1-57864-037-7}}</ref> The locality went by two other names—East Tualatin Plains and Columbia—before it was named "Hillsborough" in February 1850 in honor of Hill, when he sold part of his land claim to the county.<ref name="WaCo3">{{cite journal |title=Washington County Probate Court Records |journal=Provisional & Territorial Records |volume=Film 24 |issue=Reel 15 |page=10 |publisher=Washington County Probate Court |date=February 5, 1850}}</ref> On February 5, 1850, commissioners chosen by the [[Oregon Territorial Legislature|territorial legislature]] selected the community to be the seat of the county government.<ref name="WaCo3"/> Hill was to be paid $200 for his land after plots had been sold for the town site,<ref name="WaCo3"/> but he died before this occurred, and his widow Lucinda received the funds.<ref name="WaCo4">{{cite journal |title=Washington County Probate Court Records |journal=Provisional & Territorial Records |volume=Film 24 |issue=Reel 15 |page=39 |publisher=Washington County Probate Court |date=August 1850}}</ref> The town's name was later simplified to Hillsboro. A log cabin was built in 1853 to serve as the community's first school, which opened in October 1854.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hillsboro school began in one-room log cabin in 1854 |last=Philpott |first=Betty |date=October 19, 1976 |work=[[The Hillsboro Argus]]}}</ref> Riverboats provided transportation to Hillsboro as early as 1867 when the side-wheel steamer ''Yamhill'' worked on the Tualatin River.<ref name=buan/>
[[File:Imbrie Farm octagonal barn - Hillsboro Oregon.jpg|thumb|alt=Front of an eight-sided wooden barn located on Imbrie Farm.|Octagonal barn at [[Imbrie Farm]]]]
In 1871, the [[Oregon and California Railroad]] line was extended to the area, but it ran just south of town because the city did not want to give the railroad land in exchange for the rail connection.<ref name=buan/> Hillsboro was incorporated as the Town of Hillsboro on October 19, 1876, by the [[Oregon Legislative Assembly|Oregon Legislature]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Baker |first=Frank C. |year=1891 |title=Special Laws |journal=The Laws of Oregon, and the Resolutions and Memorials of the Sixteenth Regular Session of the Legislative Assembly Thereof |publisher=State Printer |location=Salem, Oregon |page=770 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yr2wAAAAIAAJ&q=oregon%20legislature%20hillsboro%20incorporation&pg=PA770 |access-date=November 28, 2020 |archive-date=February 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230225200244/https://books.google.com/books?id=Yr2wAAAAIAAJ&q=oregon%20legislature%20hillsboro%20incorporation&pg=PA770 |url-status=live }}</ref> The first mayor was A. Luelling, who took office on December 8, 1876, and served a one-year term.<ref name=mayor>{{cite news |title=The Hub: Mayors City of Hillsboro |date=October 19, 1976 |work=The Hillsboro Argus |page=6}}</ref> Notable later mayors included Congressman [[Thomas H. Tongue]] (1882 and 1886) and state senator [[William D. Hare]] (1885).<ref name=mayor/> In 1923, the city altered its charter and adopted a council-manager government with a six-person city council, a part-time mayor who determined major policies, and a city manager who ran day-to-day operations.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Hub: Council-manager form works well |date=October 19, 1976 |work=The Hillsboro Argus |page=2}}</ref>

On September 30, 1908, 5,000 people gathered as the [[Oregon Electric Railway]] opened a connection between the city and [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]] with an [[interurban]] electric rail line, the first to reach the community.<ref>{{cite news |title=Links Together County Seats |date=October 1, 1908 |work=[[The Oregonian]] |page=6}}</ref> In January 1914, the Southern Pacific Railroad introduced its own interurban service, known as the [[Red Electric]], on a separate line and serving different communities between Hillsboro and Portland.<ref name="Thompson-WVR">{{cite book |title=Willamette Valley Railways |last=Thompson |first=Richard |publisher=[[Arcadia Publishing]] |location=Mount Pleasant, SC (US) |year=2008 |pages=29, 31, 58–59 |isbn=978-0-7385-5601-7}}</ref><ref name="dill-grande-1994">{{cite book |last1=Dill |first1=Tom |last2=Grande |first2=Walter R. |title=The Red Electrics: Southern Pacific's Oregon Interurban |year=1994 |publisher=Pacific Fast Mail |location=Edmonds, WA |isbn=0-915713-28-4 |pages=23, 96}}</ref> SP discontinued its Hillsboro service on July 28, 1929,<ref name="dill-grande-1994"/> while the Oregon Electric Railway's passenger service to Hillsboro lasted until July 1932.<ref name="Thompson-WVR"/>

A brick building was constructed in 1852 to house the county government, followed by a brick courthouse in 1873.<ref name=courthouse>{{cite web |url=https://sos.oregon.gov/archives/records/county/Pages/washington-history.aspx |title=Washington County History |work=Oregon County Historical Records Guide |publisher=Oregon State Archives |access-date=February 2, 2008 |archive-date=March 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307022729/http://sos.oregon.gov/archives/records/county/Pages/washington-history.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1891, the courthouse was remodeled and a clock tower was added,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ojd.state.or.us/wsh/Aboutus.htm |title=A Brief History |work=The Washington County Courthouse |publisher=[[Oregon Judicial Department]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070810175929/http://www.ojd.state.or.us/wsh/Aboutus.htm |archive-date=August 10, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and the building was expanded with an annex in 1912. A [[Washington County Courthouse (Oregon)|new courthouse]] replaced the brick structure in 1928. The last major remodel of the 1928 structure occurred in 1972, when the Justice Services Building was built and incorporated into the existing building.<ref name=courthouse/>

The city's first fire department was a [[Fire apparatus|hook and ladder]] company organized in 1880 by the board of trustees (now city council).<ref>{{cite news |title=The Hub: Hook-ladder Company authorized by trustees |date=October 19, 1976 |work=The Hillsboro Argus |page=12}}</ref> A drinking water and electricity distribution system added in 1892–93 gave the town three fire hydrants and minimal street lighting.<ref>{{cite book |last=Buan |first=Carolyn M. |title=This Far-Off Sunset Land: A Pictorial History of Washington County, Oregon |pages=133–142}}</ref> Hillsboro built its first sewer system in 1911, but sewage treatment was not added until 1936.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Hub: Council establishes first sewer district |date=October 19, 1976 |work=The Hillsboro Argus |page=2}}</ref> In 1913, the city built its own [[Water treatment|water system]],<ref>{{cite news |title=The Hub: Officials display foresight in water system |date=October 19, 1976 |work=The Hillsboro Argus |page=4}}</ref> and the first library, [[Carnegie library|Carnegie City Library]], opened in December 1914.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Hub: Culture, knowledge brought to community by new library |last=Engen |first=Edna |date=October 19, 1976 |work=The Hillsboro Argus |page=15}}</ref> From 1921 to 1952, the world's [[Hillsboro wireless tower|second-tallest radio tower]] stood on the south side of the city,<ref name=argus>{{cite news |title=Communications: World's second-largest tower relayed wireless messages |date=October 19, 1976 |work=The Hillsboro Argus |page=8}}</ref> but in 1952, the wireless telegraph tower was demolished. During the 1950s and 1960s, the privately owned company [[Blue Bus lines|Tualatin Valley Buses, Inc.]], provided transit service connecting Hillsboro with Beaverton and Portland.<ref name="gloomy future">{{cite news |last=Pratt |first=Gerry |title=Bus Lines Manager Sees Gloomy Future |date=August 17, 1966 |newspaper=The Oregonian |page=21}}</ref> It was taken over by the publicly owned transit agency [[TriMet]] in 1970.<ref name="takes over operation">{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Tri-Met Takes Over Operation Of Blue Buses, Finds Rolling Stock In Bad Condition |date=September 9, 1970 |newspaper=The Oregonian |page=9}}</ref><ref name="transit created">{{cite news |last=Ruble |first=Web |title=Transit was created because it had to be |date=February 25, 1973 |newspaper=The Sunday Oregonian |page=F1}}</ref>

In 1972, the Hillsboro City Council passed a [[Green River Ordinance]] banning [[door-to-door]] solicitation, but it was ruled unconstitutional by the [[Oregon Supreme Court]] in a 1988 decision.<ref name=door>{{cite news |title=High court strikes down anti-peddler ordinance |last=Leeson |first=Fred |date=September 21, 1988 |work=The Oregonian |page=A1}}</ref> The court determined that the city ordinance was overly broad, in a case that was seen as a test case for many similar laws in the state.<ref name=door/> In 1979, [[Intel]] opened its first facility inAloha, Or .<ref name=Intel>{{cite news |title=Intel's evolution in Oregon |last=Bittner |first=Werner |date=July 16, 2000 |work=The Oregonian |page=A14}}</ref> The Aloha campus was followed by the Hawthorn Farms, then Jones Farm campus adjacent to the airport in 1982, and finally by the Ronler Acres campus in 1994.<ref name=Intel/> TriMet opened a [[MAX Light Rail|Metropolitan Area Express (MAX) light rail]] line into the city in 1998. A cultural center was added in 2004, and a new city hall was completed in 2005. In 2008, SolarWorld opened a facility producing solar [[Wafer (electronics)|wafers]], crystals, and cells, the largest plant of its kind in the Western Hemisphere.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2008/10/oregon_prepares_to_switch_on_s_1.html |title=Oregon prepares to switch on SolarWorld factory in Hillsboro |last=Read |first=Richard |date=October 11, 2008 |work=The Oregonian |access-date=December 14, 2008 |archive-date=November 23, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081123102711/http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2008/10/oregon_prepares_to_switch_on_s_1.html |url-status=live }}</ref> U.S. President [[Barack Obama]] visited the city and Intel's Ronler Acres campus in February 2011.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mapes |first1=Jeff |title=President Barack Obama embraces Intel's high-tech culture in Oregon |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/02/obama_embraces_intels_culture.html |access-date=July 3, 2014 |newspaper=The Oregonian |date=February 18, 2011 |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714184705/http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/02/obama_embraces_intels_culture.html |url-status=live }}</ref>