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Archive Home > 2009 > August > 16 > The Old Mill District: Then and now

The Old Mill District: Then and now

One man’s idea changed the look and feel of Bend’s urban center

By Lily Raff / The Bulletin
August 16, 2009

In the summer of 1973, Brooks-Scanlon executive Bill Smith spent two months patrolling the company's Bend sawmill.

The facility normally churned logs 24 hours a day but ground to a halt when the workers went on strike.

During the two-month strike, Smith kept watch over the empty mill at night.....

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