Old Glory Flying High Over Bend Oregon
By Lynnea Miller, Premier Real Estate Service in Central Oregon
(Bend Premier Real Estate)
For those who don't know, Bend Oregon was incorporated in 1904 as a logging town. Located at the Bend of the Deschutes River in Central Oregon, it's main employer for many years was the Brooks - Scanlon Lumber Company which had its mill on the river. Workers at the mill built small homes in the nearby neighborhoods, taking left over lumber home with them and building their homes piecemeal. Many of these homes (called the mill cottages) remain today and if remodeled, can command a very expensive price due to their proximity to downtown Bend. In the 1990's, the federal government shut down logging on federal land in Oregon. Most of the forests in Oregon are federally owned and managed by the forest service. Many will attribute the expansive wildfires we have had over the past few years ...
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