Deschutes National Forest
1001 SW Emkay Drive
Bend, OR 97702
(541) 383-5300
Ochoco National Forest
3160 N.E. 3rd Street
Prineville, OR 97754
(541) 416-6500
Crooked River National Grassland
813 S.W. Hwy. 97
Madras, OR 97741
(541) 475-9272
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About Us
History - 1900 to 1909
1901
- June 29, 1901 - Executive Order eliminated some land from the
Cascade Range Forest Reserve.
- July 1, 1901 - Proclamation added land to the Cascade Range
Forest Reserve. (32 Stat. 1972)
- August 19, 1901 - Odell Post Office established at Crescent.
1902
- Population of Bend - 258.
- May 22, 1902 - Public Law No. 121 eliminated land from the Cascade
Range Forest Reserve to establish Crater Lake National Park. (32
Stat 202)
1903
- Israel Russell of the U.S. Geological Survey studies the geology
of Central Oregon including Newberry Volcano.
1904
- February 5, 1904 - Establishment of the Baker City Forest Reserve.
(33 Stat. 2331)
- Town of Bend platted by A.M. Drake. Bend phone system connected
to Prineville which had connection to Portland.
1905
- February 1, 1905 - Act transferred and assigned all National
Forest Reserves from the Department of Interior to the Department
of Agriculture, and authorized the National Forests. (33 Stat.
628)
- Israel Russell's "Geology and Water Resources of Central
Oregon" is published. He applies the name Mt. Newberry to
the vanished summit of Newberry Volcano.
- Townsite of Crescent established.
1906
- March 15, 1906 - Act abolished the Baker City Forest Reserve
and established the Blue Mountains Forest Reserve (34 Stat. 3194)
- July 1906 - Homestead claims being filed on Crane Prairie.
- September 17, 1906 - Established the Fremont Forest Reserve.
(34 Stat. 3231)
- This forest reserve included the part of the present Deschutes
National Forest east of the Deschutes River.
1907
- First attempt to form Deschutes County fails.
- Trail constructed across Lava Butte Flow from Bend to Benham
Falls to access power site claim.
- January 25, 1907 - Proclamation added land to the Cascade Range
Forest Reserve. (34 Stat. 3270)
- March 2, 1907 - Proclamation added land to the Cascade Range
Forest Reserve and changed the name to Cascade Forest Reserve.
(34 Stat 3300)
- March 2, 1907 - Added the entire Maury Mountain Forest Reserve
to the Blue Mountains Forest Reserve. (34 Stat. 3302)
- March 4, 1907 - Changed the name from National Reserves to National
Forests. (34 Stat. 2172)
- July 18, 1907 - Name of Odell Post Office changed to Crescent
Post Office.
1908
- January 1, 1908 - Eliminated land from the Blue Mountains National
Forest. (35 Stat. 1256)
- June 13, 1908 - Executive Order established the Deschutes National
Forest from parts of the Blue Mountains, Cascade, and Fremont
National Forests (E.O. 816)
Included what is now the Ochoco National Forest and lands east
of Deschutes River.
- Asher Ireland became the first Forest Supervisor of the Deschutes
National Forest (1908 - 1911).
- Supervisor's Office was established in Prineville.
- July 14, 1908 - Executive Order transferred part of the Deschutes
National Forest to the Fremont National Forest. (E.O. 912)
1909
- January 1909 - Irrigation canal proposed for construction from
Benham Falls across Lava Butte Flow to irrigate area east of Bend.
- January 1909 - Contract signed with State for construction of
dam at Crane Prairie.
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