Prior to the railroad arriving, Central Oregon was an untapped vein of pine-scented gold. And once the train did arrive, the ensuring boom gave birth to what is now Deschutes County.
But now, little remains of the story that launched the Deschutes County timber boom.
Scott Elnes decided to forage into the Deschutes County Historical Museum’s resources to find the forest within the trees.
And watch these other gems from Little Did I Know:
- Little Did I Know: Central Oregon Vigilantes
- Little Did I Know: Prineville Railroad
- Little Did I Know: Prineville Railroad (Part 2)
- Little Did I Know: Central Oregon’s Railroad War
- Little Did I Know: What’s a Tuya?
