Secret Bend, Oregon: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure

Oregon, the final frontier. Early in our nation's history, the land west of the Mississippi
River was unmapped and unexplored. Only the local indigenous peoples were familiar with the
mysterious Pacific Northwest. The states we know as Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and parts of
Wyoming and Montana were part of the vast Oregon Territory.
The history of the current Central Oregon region is filled with popular tales of Native
Americans, fur trappers, sheepherders, cattlemen, homesteaders, railroads, l...