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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Penny Nakamura / The Bulletin
January 2, 2007
Before there was the Les Schwab tire empire in Prineville, there was another entrepreneurial king in the area. His name was John Hudspeth.
Timber, also known as "green gold" in those days, was his domain.
But times change and fortunes fade, and John Hudspeth's timber empire is no more.....