Lynch and Roberts Sign - Lower Bridge, Oregon
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Volcanoguy
N 44° 21.563 W 121° 17.655
10T E 635929 N 4913204
An advertising sign painted on a cliff at Lower Bridge.
Waymark Code: WM5YXV
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 03/03/2009
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This sign is painted on a cliff in a solf volcanic tuff. The sign is listed on Deschutes County’s list of Historic Resources (http://www.co.deschutes.or.us/dccode/title23/docs/chapter%2003.108.doc) as the only area example of early advertizing on natural material. The sign reads:
Go To Lynch and Roberts
The Store of Better Values
General Mercantile
Redmond
Lynch and Roberts established their first mercantile store in Redmond in 1913. In 1917, they build a new building which exists today at 403 SW 6th Street which is also waymarked - WMFWN (http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMFWN).