Give me 10 reasons NOT to move to Bend (sales, 2013)

[pdxMIKEpdx]

It's quicker to say than "Farewell Bend".

[Steve Pickering]

Originally Posted by pdxMIKEpdx

It's quicker to say than "Farewell Bend".

I think Farewell Bend is further away, like over on the Idaho Border ..... Oregon State Parks and Recreation Department: Farewell Bend State Recreation Area

[pdxMIKEpdx]

From a source found on the evil interwebs about how Bend got its name:

The name Bend was derived from "Farewell Bend", the designation used by early pioneers to refer to the location along the Deschutes River where the town was eventually platted, one of the few fordable points along the river.
For at least 12,000 years, until the winter of 1824, the Bend area was known only to Native Americans who hunted and fished there. That year, members of a fur trapping party led by Peter Skene Ogden visited the area. John C. Frémont, John Strong Newberry, and other Army survey parties came next. Then pioneers heading farther west passed through the area and forded the Deschutes River at Farewell Bend.


By the way, the Farewell Bend you are talking about is a great place for Crappie and Catfish!
6 Hour drive from Portland, but it's worth it.

[kapetrich]

Originally Posted by Steve Pickering

I think Farewell Bend is further away, like over on the Idaho Border ..... Oregon State Parks and Recreation Department: Farewell Bend State Recreation Area

It's so interesting how little you know about an area you claim to know so well/have a lot of family history in.

Like pdxMIKEpdx, Bends first name was "Farewell Bend". They dropped the "Farewell' in 1886.

Bends name refers to the Bend in the river right next to FAREWELL BEND PARK. The name of that bridge escapes me off the top of my head, but it's dedicated to a famous Bendite. Here's a picture of the "Bend", the park and the bridge:

[pdxMIKEpdx]

Speaking of the "Bend in the River", there's a geat 1952 Jimmy Stewart movie called "Bend of the river".

It's not set in Bend, but Portland, Sandy and Timberline.

GREAT 1950's scenery of Oregon though, and a pretty darn good movie!

[karlsch]

As mentioned, Farewell Bend on the Snake River has nothing to do with (Farewell) Bend, Oregon. It is where the pioneers on the Oregon Trail said farewell to the Snake River with its plentiful water and grass and started to travel over more difficult terrain.

[BendLocal]

Wow - that is some impressive thread thift. Top 10 reasons not to move to Bend morphs into a history lesson!

[pdxMIKEpdx]

As thread shifts go sometimes, ....It could have been worse.

[Snownut]

Originally Posted by BendLocal

Wow - that is some impressive thread thift. Top 10 reasons not to move to Bend morphs into a history lesson!

another reason to not move to Bend.. everyone who lives there has ADD and can't stay on topic.. never mind ... that is most of America

seriously, as bad as these threads often drift and shift this one is at least informative..

[kapetrich]

Moderator cut: No need to point out issues, please report bad posts instead.

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Back to the thread topic.

A negative about Bend..... There's a lot of road work in the summer. It's just starting now, but the saying goes: "There's two seasons in Bend; Winter and road construction."