Madras Oregon Trunk depot plans billed as finest on line
Depot plans for Madras along the Oregon Trunk detail a 100 foot long central building with two waiting rooms offices telegraph and possibly a freight room. A 400 foot platform allows easy passenger loading while a 4000 foot passing switch and sidetrack warehousing are planned. A section house and power facilities will serve the station men and families.
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Lyman Griswold
Block 7
Madras
Griswold
Oregon
Oregon Trunk
Fight Over Redmond County Bid Draws Crook County Rift
Crook County residents vow to oppose Redmonds plan to form Deschutes county with Redmond as seat. Leaders from Madras Bend and Prineville form a coalition to educate voters statewide and defeat the county division. A parallel proposal would restrict voting to affected counties, aiming to blunt the Redmond bid.
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Redmond
Crook County
Deschutes County
Madras
Bend
Prineville
Portland
New County
Crook
Deschutes
Itis
Wal
Landrum boom rumors deflated by Madras owner claims
W D Williamson owner of half the Madras townsite and nearby ranches, with Frank Forest ex North Bank president and Smith Crowder, a California buyer, says he virtually owns the ranches bought last fall by Henry Keho. Crowder bought twenty lots in Depot Addition. Williamson and associates deny any danger to the town’s development.
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Thomases
Madras
Oregon Trunk
W. D. Williamson
Frank 8. Forest
North Bank Railroad
Smith Cowder
California
Williamson
Henry Keho
Dombrowe Ranch
Keho
Porest
Ownsite
Nominallilliamson
Smith Crowder
Depot
W. H. Lancaster Co
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Canada
J. M. Conklin
Gen. Mangr
C. E. Roush
Coe. Roush
M. Puta
J.C. Robinson
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Muscatel
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