Legendary Locals of Bend
Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Photography, Pictorials, Travel, United States, West, History, Americas
| Author: | Les Joslin, Hays County Historical Commission | ISBN: | 9781439655580 |
| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing Inc. | Publication: | January 25, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Legendary Locals | Language: | English |
| Author: | Les Joslin, Hays County Historical Commission |
| ISBN: | 9781439655580 |
| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing Inc. |
| Publication: | January 25, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Legendary Locals |
| Language: | English |
A fascinating mix of local legends who could be characterized as "the right people, in the right place, at the right time" arrived in Central Oregon during the past century and a half to make Bend the fascinating city it has become. Some of these people--explorer John Charles Fremont, publisher George Palmer Putnam, economist William A. Niskanen, and "World's Greatest Athlete" Ashton Eaton among them--gained national prominence and even global stature. Others were and are more ordinary people who have done and continue to do extraordinary things in an extraordinary place, a small but singular city of some 80,000 souls astride the Deschutes River at the eastern foot of the Cascade Range.
A fascinating mix of local legends who could be characterized as "the right people, in the right place, at the right time" arrived in Central Oregon during the past century and a half to make Bend the fascinating city it has become. Some of these people--explorer John Charles Fremont, publisher George Palmer Putnam, economist William A. Niskanen, and "World's Greatest Athlete" Ashton Eaton among them--gained national prominence and even global stature. Others were and are more ordinary people who have done and continue to do extraordinary things in an extraordinary place, a small but singular city of some 80,000 souls astride the Deschutes River at the eastern foot of the Cascade Range.
