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Books > History > American history
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Madras
(Paperback)
Steve Lent
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R561
R515
Discovery Miles 5 150
Save R46 (8%)
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Ships in 10 - 17 working days
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The area where Madras now stands was originally known as "The
Basin." Sheep and cattle operators first utilized the site, where
Willow Creek also flows, as a grazing zone. The Basin area was
eventually settled by homesteaders in the late 1880s, and the
location of present-day Madras is situated on the land of four
early farmhouses. Madras was incorporated on March 2, 1910, and
became a commercial center with the arrival of railroads in 1911,
earning the nickname "Gateway to Central Oregon." With the arrival
of irrigation water from the Deschutes River by means of the North
Unit Project in 1946, intensive farming began in the surrounding
areas, kicking off a new era in Madras.
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