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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QZ5_lava-river-cave_Bend-OR.html
(Marker #1)WelcomeLAVA RIVER CAVE is one of Oregon's longest (5466 feet) uncollapsed lava tubes.About 100,000 years ago, this conduit carried 2000° F. (1100° C.) lava from an upslope vent to lower areas on the flanks of the Newberry Volcano.The …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QZ4_some-lava-flows-build-their-own-pipelines_Bend-OR.html
You may already know about pipelines. Oil, water and gas, chemicals, medicine and food flow to us through pipes and tubes. Pipelines are a naturally efficient way to move fluid from one place to another. Nature constructs marvelous pipelines&mdash…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ATP_lava-butte_Bend-OR.html
Geologists say the volcanic activity of this area occurred less than 6000 years ago. Lava which exuded from the south side of this butte flowed to the west and blocked the Deschutes River, deflecting it from its former channel. This formed the Ben…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16V9_oregons-fabled-high-desert_Bend-OR.html
This complex ecosystem nurtures a variety of plants and animals.Vast, sage-covered plains begin at the eastern foot of the Pilot Butte and stretch dramatically to the east and south. This is Oregon's fabled "High Desert". The casual traveler is st…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16V5_the-westward-movement_Bend-OR.html
Pilot Butte was a beacon for travelers.On a day sometime in the year 1813, and Indian lookout, from one of several tribes summering in this vicinity, might have "hiked the butte" and from here observed an exploration party moving along the banks o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16V4_the-city-of-bend_Bend-OR.html
In the beginning...there were old growth trees.The small community, first called Farewell Bend from the nearby big bend in the Deschutes River, could have been called "Pilot Butte" if the 1901 recommendation of Postmaster William Statts had been a…