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1929 Map of Bend

Name: 1929 Topographic Map of Bend
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1948
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1948

About this map

The city of Bend serves as the focal point of this late-1920s landscape, where the Deschutes River and various irrigation canals dictate the pattern of settlement. To the north, the winding course of the Crooked River flows through a landscape defined by volcanic landforms like Smith Rock and Gray Butte. This survey, conducted shortly after the expansion of irrigation in the High Desert, reveals a network of rural schoolhouses and family holdings, including the Gist Ranch and Ten Bar Ranch, that supported a growing agricultural community.

Transport is dominated by the Oregon Trunk railroad and early thoroughfares like The Dalles-California Highway. Notable landmarks such as Pilot Butte and the Tumalo Reservoir illustrate the early 20th-century intersection of natural geology and human engineering. The map also records small, concentrated settlements like Redmond and Terrebonne, along with now-quiet locales like Opal City and Lamonta.