Bend / Central Oregon News, Sports, Business, Weather, Entertainment, Classifieds and Local & State Headlines | The Bulletin

Use Advanced Search to filter by date and category. *keyword is required in search field.
start date (MM-DD-YYYY):
 -  - 
end date (MM-DD-YYYY):
 -  - 
category:
Archive Home > 2008 > August > 28 > Delving into place names provides ‘a window to the past’

Delving into place names provides ‘a window to the past’

By Jim Witty / The Bulletin
August 28, 2008

Six years in the making, “Central Oregon Place Names: Volume II, Jefferson County” is available.

“The study of place names is actually a window to the past,” writes author Steve Lent. “How a place received its name is often confusing or has been....

Read complete article

Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.