Beaver Avenue: the road that became Beaverdale's main street

The best way into Beaverdale is often Beaver Avenue itself. The neighborhood association says the road began as the old Fort Dodge Stage Road, was renamed Beaver Avenue in 1903, and was later improved with brick paving in 1917. That is the whole transformation in miniature: trail to road, road to co

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