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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Julie Johnson / The Bulletin
November 7, 2006
In 1911, a train rumbled into the fledgling town of Bend, eliciting cheers from the crowd of people gathered to celebrate the rails that would finally connect Bend and Central Oregon to the rest of the American West.
That train service to the region was critical to its development is no secret;....