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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Carol J. Williams / The Bulletin
April 23, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO — Marble columns, porcelain mosaics and Venetian skylights in the palatial James R. Browning Courthouse belie the rough-and-tumble origins of the West’s authoritative law court.
Birthed in Gold Rush calamity and come of age on the lawless frontier, the 9th U.S.....