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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Kate Ramsayer / The Bulletin
October 5, 2008
About 29.5 million years ago, the geology surrounding Prineville could have looked a lot like Yellowstone National Park does today — with geysers, hot springs and mudpots — in what geologists are calling the Crooked River caldera.
The area stretching from Smith Rock to the....