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Archive Home > 2006 > December > 10 > A house with a story to tell

A house with a story to tell

Information about Bend's first mayor unearthed during research of home

By Julie Johnson / The Bulletin
December 10, 2006

Arthur Lawson Goodwillie helped create Bend.

His signature is on the original plat map of Bend, filed in June 1904.

He was the chief petitioner in the effort to make Bend an official city and, starting in 1905, served as the new town's first mayor.

He invested in and helped start the city's....

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