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Images of America: Sunriver

Tor Hanson

Golf has always been one of the highlights of Sunriver. The practice green is located just off Sunriver Lodge with the Meadows first tee off slightly to the south. The course meanders along Sun River with the ninth hole back at the lodge. Depending on your game, you could easily visit the Twisted River Tavern to drown your sorrows. Photo courtesy: Deschutes Historical Museum. The idyllic community of Sunriver sits at the crossroads of Central Oregon. The region was inhabited as early as 11,500 years ago by native tribes. The first non-native explorers filtered through the area in the early … Continue reading Images of America: Sunriver

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Images of America: Camp Abbot

Tor Hanson

The deck of the pontoon bridge was constructed with either wooden or aluminum trestle balks laid on top of the pneumatic or aluminum pontoons. Depending on the load-bearing requirements of the bridge, the engineers could lay either trestle balks or fir flooring. The trestle balks were laid lengthwise across the pontoons while the fir deck, or “chess,” was laid diagonal. Photo courtesy of US Army Signal Corps. Today, Sunriver is an idyllic community in Central Oregon, but during World War II, it was the site of Camp Abbot, the westernmost engineer replacement training center of the US Army Corps of … Continue reading Images of America: Camp Abbot

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Images of Aviation: Central Oregon Aviation

Tor Hanson

This photo is taken east of Bend with Pilot Butte, a familiar landmark, barely visible to the left. Photo courtesy: Deschutes Historical Museum Aviation has a long and storied history in the U.S. Wilbur and Orville Wright perfected the first heavier-than-air, motorized airplane in the late 1800 and early 1900. Their first flight took place on December 17, 1903, at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The 120-foot jump started an unprecedented development of a technology that continues to this date. The first recorded Central Oregon showing of an airplane took place in 1912 at the Crook County Fair Grounds when pilot … Continue reading Images of Aviation: Central Oregon Aviation