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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25L1_river-ruler_Bend-OR.html
This cableway was installed in 1905 by the United States Geological Survey to measure the river's flow.
Today instruments sense and record the elevation of the water surface.
This information is relayed by satellite into computers of water man…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25L0_big-tree-ponderosa-pine_Bend-OR.html
This majestic pine is the biggest of its species ever recorded. It was a giant before the Oregon Territory was established, enduring centuries of fire, insects, disease, and human impact.
Recently half of its crown was lost to weather, making …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25KZ_old-wagon-road_OR.html
This is a portion of the McKenzie Salt Springs and Deschutes Wagon Road constructed during the period 1866-1872. The route across these lava fields was rough and torturous. However it was 1,000 feet lower in elevation than the older Scott Trail cr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25KY_dee-wright-observatory_OR.html
This observation point has been provided to facilitate public enjoyment of the unusual and interesting combination of historical and geological features nearby. The development was planned and supervised by the Willamette National Forest and const…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25KU_wisely-reasoned_OR.html
I was hired as a stone mason LEM for the Civilian Conservation Corps.
What's a LEM you ask? Local Experienced Men.
Know all 'bout stone masonry and it was wisely reasoned to pepper experienced man about the young Corps enrollees.
They're uns…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25KS_a-fittin-tribute_OR.html
When Dee Wright began work in 1910, he did not know where 24 years in the Forest Service would take him. Packing supplies for fire camps, work crews and lookouts; locating part of the Pacific Crest trail; and stories around the campfire all found …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25FE_the-mill-transformed-trees-into-highly-prized-lumber_Bend-OR.html
From the woods to the Deschutes River, the log was hoisted by the bull chain into the mill from the river to the log deck.
It was then directed to the band saw in one of the three head rigs, where the process began.
It was the head sawyer's job…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25F9_location-location-location_Bend-OR.html
The bustling marketplace you see today, filled with shops, theaters, restaurants, entertainment and recreation was once the site of the largest pine sawmills in the country.
Back in the 1920s, they were busy, noisy and dusty mills, each producin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25F8_logs-finally-become-lumber_Bend-OR.html
Trees were felled in the woods and hauled to the Deschutes River where they floated downstream to the mills.
The final steps of this log-to-lumber journey occurred as the wet lumber, known as green wood, exited the mill on the green chain.
As …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25DO_thank-goodness-for-water-and-gravity_Bend-OR.html
Huge trees were felled in the woods and the logs were transported by railroad to town. They were then dropped into the Deschutes River to await their turn in the mill. The river was a perfect storage place for the logs. The natural flow of the wat…