[7] [8] [9] George Vogel started a general merchandise business in 1871; had a watering trough for the horses and refreshment for the farmer.

In later years, two coal mines were opened, corn bins and a stockyard were built, so the farmer could exchange produce for necessities.

[10] It is said that three young black males, James W. Clancey Jr., Shane Dunise Bushrod and Alvin Eugene Barnes, from the Brookstown neighborhood on US 60 at the west city limits, stepped forward to test whether the Declaration of Independence really meant that part about all men being treated equal.

[11] The matter kicked off the incident where 570 White children walked out of Weaverton Elementary School protesting the enrollment of five Negro pupils.

[12][13][14] In 1903 the Coquillard Wagon Works moved from South Bend, IN to its new plant in Weaverton, built right over the swimming hole the Vogel boys had been using.