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The N. P. Smith Pioneer Hardware Store is a historic commercial building in Bend, Oregon, United States. The structure was built in 1909 by Nichols P. Smith, a Bend businessman. The two-story building originally housed a hardware business on the ground floor with family quarters on the second floor. The building is located on the Northwest Wall ...
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.
Three Rivers South or Three Rivers [2] is a census-designated place (CDP) and unincorporated community in Deschutes County, Oregon, United States. It is part of the Bend, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,014 at the 2010 census. [6]
The Hayden Homes Amphitheater - formerly known as the Les Schwab Amphitheater - is an outdoor riverfront amphitheater built in 2001 on the west bank of the Deschutes River as part at the Old Mill District development. The Amphitheater was originally named after Les Schwab, [11] a native of Bend, Oregon. The venue accommodates approximately ...
The company recycles vehicles, rail cars, home appliances, industrial machinery, and scrap. [1] The company has 103 recycling facilities including the Pick-n-Pull auto parts recycling chain with 50 locations and 53 metals recycling facilities. [1] Steel manufacturing is through the Cascade Steel Rolling Mills plant in McMinnville, Oregon. [1]
The 120 homes and other facilities in the town were subsequently sold to residents and others in 1997, with Crown Pacific retaining the sawmill and timberland. [5] Prior to this sale, all houses in the town were painted in Gilchrist brown (with the exception of a small area on the north end of town called Rainbow Circle by its residents). [ 5 ]
Alfalfa is a rural unincorporated community [1] in Deschutes County, Oregon, United States, in the high desert 16 miles (26 km) east of Bend. [2] Alfalfa was named for the primary forage crop grown there under irrigation. [2] There is a store with gas pumps and a church as the only businesses or services; Alfalfa had a post office from 1912 ...
Central Oregon has long been a fly-fishing center. In October 2012 Central Oregon hosted the Fly Fishing National Championships. [35] One of the best trout and steelhead fisheries is in the Deschutes River and is one of the most regulated. Bend is a top destination for US anglers and has been named # 1 town for sportsmen. [36]