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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM251X_metolius-depot_Metolius-OR.html
The race between the Oregon Trunk R.R. and Union Pacific R.R. up the Deschutes R. ended at Metolius Feb. 15, 1911. The Oregon Trunk won. This depot was the end of the line, serving all of Central Oregon.
——Est. 1911——
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM250G_jefferson-county-war-memorial-a-war-memorial_Madras-OR.html
Dedicated to those from Jefferson County who went to war.
They never came home.
World War I
Orlie I. Alexander · Paul A. Burson · Walter M. Eaton · Earl Elliott · Joseph O. Gans · Dallas R. Gregory…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24RE_the-old-jefferson-county-jail_Madras-OR.html
On April 12, 1915 Jefferson County purchased a jail cell unit from E.T. Barnum Iron Works of Detroit Michigan. It consisted of a steel grating cage with two cells with a front prisoner's corridor. This unit was shipped by rail to the temporary new…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24RD_veteran-war-memorial-plaza_Madras-OR.html
The Veteran War Memorial Plaza is dedicated
to the air pioneers and U.S. Army Corp pilots,
crew members and military personnel from
Jefferson County who served in World War II.
At one time, the Madras Airport was the "Madras Army Airbase, an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IZ6_peter-skene-ogden-park_Culver-OR.html
Peter Skene Ogden was born at Quebec in 1794. He explored Central Oregon for the Hudson's Bay Company in 1825 and in December of that year discovered Crooked River not far from this spot. He died at Oregon City in 1854.
Land for this park was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IZ5_a-bridge-for-the-new-millenium_Culver-OR.html
Throughout the 20th century, traffic increased dramatically on US Highway 97 - from a few vihicles per day in the 1920's to over 8,000 by the 1990's! After 70 years, the Crooked River (High) Bridge (1926) though still structurally sound was unable…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A92_the-crooked-river-high-bridge_Culver-OR.html
Central Oregon's roads were primitive at best during the early 1900s. Until the 1920s, US Highway 97 was a collection of unpaved roads. Prior to construction of the Crooked River (High) Bridge in 1926, the only nearby crossing was a small, one-lan…