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Archive Home > 2007 > May > 17 > Outgrowing industrial roots

Outgrowing industrial roots

Potential buyers of Mt. Bachelor lot want land rezoned for variety of uses

By David Fisher / The Bulletin
May 17, 2007

More than 50 years ago, the Shevlin-Hixon mill on the west bank of the Deschutes River was wired for heavy industry.

Railroad tracks hauled raw logs from the woods west of town, while trucks roared through the front gates with finished lumber.

Millworkers lived in the neighborhoods to the north,....

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