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She lived in Oregon for the last 45 years of her life, first in the Bend area, then near Salem, and finally in Linn County. [4] Rockwell appeared on the December 23, 1954 episode of You Bet Your Life, hosted by Groucho Marx. [5] She married William L. Van Duren, who was her husband at the time of her death. [4]
This is a list of mayors of Bend, Oregon. The City of Bend was incorporated in 1904 and the first election for city leaders was held that year. The first mayor, Arthur L. Goodwillie, took office on January 4, 1905. Mayors were elected until Bend's charter was changed in 1928 following controversies sparked under the term of E.D. Gilson. [1]
Bend is a city in Central Oregon and the county seat of Deschutes County, Oregon, United States. It is located to the east of the Cascade Range , on the Deschutes River . The site became known by pioneers as a fordable crossing point of the river, where it ran through a bend.
William Plutarch Vandevert (February 24, 1854 – February 26, 1944) was a western adventurer, cattleman, and Central Oregon pioneer. After travels in California, Texas, and Arizona, he established a cattle ranch fifteen miles (24 km) south of present-day Bend, Oregon, before the founding of Bend or the surrounding Deschutes County.
They had two sons, David Binney Putnam (1913–1992) and George Palmer Putnam Jr. (1921–2013), and for a time lived in Bend, Oregon, where Putnam was the publisher and editor of the local newspaper, the Bend Bulletin. He was mayor of Bend from 1912 to 1913.
The following is a partial list of notable residents, past and present, from Bend, Oregon, a city in Central Oregon in the western part of the United States of America. A separate list of people from Oregon is available. Broda Otto Barnes, physician, hypothyroidism researcher; Shannon Bex, member of the musical group Danity Kane
Robert W. Chandler (May 12, 1921 – July 12, 1996) was an American journalist, businessman, and philanthropist. He was the editor and publisher of The Bulletin, a daily newspaper in Bend, Oregon.
Oregon: 1844-03-04: Official recorder of provisional Oregon government by Native American: Peter French: Frenchglen: 1897-12-26: Cattle king of Oregon shot in head by one of the homesteaders French sought to eject: Killing of Alonzo Tucker: Coos Bay: 1902-09-18: African-American boxer and gym owner accused of raping white woman and lynched by a ...