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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
May 1, 2008
One hundred and sixty years ago, the banks of the Willamette River were sparsely populated by trailblazers, lured West by the promise of free land and a future. Oregon City drew the earliest pioneers, but a town grew downstream as well. The ring of an axe was common as big trees were cut to....