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Sean Garvey

Sean Garvey has been the local history librarian at Tigard Public library since 2008 and a board member and advisor for the Tigard Historical Association from 2016 to 2019. He holds degrees in mass communications from Central Washington University and library service from Rutgers University.

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  • Tigard

    Tigard (pronounced TY-gerd) is located in Washington County’s Tualatin Valley, a region that for thousands of years was the territory of the Atfalati, a northern band of the Kalapuya. Chachimahiyuk, the closest Atfalati village to present-day Tigard, was on the banks of the Tualatin River. Today, descendants of …

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