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1962 Map of Bend Airport

Name: 1962 Topographic Map of Bend Airport
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1970
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1970

About this map

Agricultural development and early aviation intersect in this central Oregon landscape surveyed in 1962. The arid high desert terrain is defined by a sophisticated irrigation network, including the Central Oregon Canal, Arnold Canal, and North Unit Main Canal, which permitted farming and ranching on the periphery of the growing region. Cultural markers of rural life are scattered throughout, from the Grange Hall and Racetrack to schoolhouses such as Young Sch and Lava Rock Sch.

The eponymous Bend Airport sits centrally, flanked by family-named market roads that reveal the area's homesteading history, including Nelson Road and Gosney Road. Geological features like Horse Cave and the slopes of Powell Butte break the geometric grid of canals and section lines. This document preserves the mid-century spatial organization of the community before later 20th-century residential expansion altered the agricultural footprint.